AP-BCN - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BCN

Certificate of Registration Number:

588

Registration Date:

1986

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Boeing 747-217B

Construction Number:

20801

Line Number:

225

Year Built:

1973

SelCal Code:

GM-BF

First Flight:

November 2, 1973

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

"City of Hyderabad"

Previous Registration:

C-FCRA

Previous Operator:

CP Air (Canadian Pacific Air Lines)

Fate:

Scrapped at Karachi Airport by the end of 2002

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 20801. Registered in United States of America (USA) as N1794B for pre-delivery test flights. First flight November 2, 1973. Registered in Canada as C-FCRA for CP Air (Canadian Pacific Air Lines). Delivered to CP Air on November 15, 1973. CP Air aircraft tail number 741. Aircraft named "Empress of Japan". To PIA, September 25, 1986. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BCN. In 1997, aircraft named "City of Hyderabad" to celebrate Pakistan's 50 years of independence. Aircraft withdrawn from use in 1999 and stored at Karachi Airport. Aircraft reactivated and returned to service. Aircraft withdrawn from use in 2001. Registration AP-BCN removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on unknown date. Aircraft scrapped at Karachi Airport by the end of 2002.

Photo:

PIA Boeing 747-217B

Boeing 747-217B (Abbas Ali Collection)

Boeing 747-217B (registration AP-BCN)