AP-BCO - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BCO

Certificate of Registration Number:

589

Registration Date:

1986

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Boeing 747-217B

Construction Number:

20927

Line Number:

244

Year Built:

1974

SelCal Code:

DL-FK

First Flight:

October 4, 1974

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

"City of Mardan"

Previous Registration:

C-FCRD

Previous Operator:

CP Air (Canadian Pacific Air Lines)

Fate:

Scrapped at Karachi Airport by the end of 2006

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 20927. First flight October 4, 1974. Registered in Canada as C-FCRD for CP Air (Canadian Pacific Air Lines). Delivered to CP Air on November 5, 1974. CP Air aircraft tail number 743. Aircraft named "Empress of Australia". Registered in United States of America (USA) as N620BN and leased out to Braniff International Airways from November 15, 1978 to December 7, 1978. Returned to CP Air and registered in Canada as C-FCRD. Aircraft named "Empress of Canada". Sported EXPO 86 special markings. To PIA, November 6, 1986. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BCO. In 1997, aircraft named "City of Mardan" to celebrate Pakistan's 50 years of independence. Aircraft withdrawn from use in 1999 and stored at Karachi Airport. Registration AP-BCO removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on unknown date. Aircraft used as spares source and later scrapped at Karachi Airport by the end of 2006.

Photo:

PIA Boeing 747-217B

Boeing 747-217B (Abbas Ali Collection)

Boeing 747-217B (registration AP-BCO)