AP-BEQ - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BEQ

Certificate of Registration Number:

643

Registration Date:

November 23, 1993

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Airbus A310-308

Construction Number:

656

Line Number:

Year Built:

1992

SelCal Code:

FR-BP

First Flight:

July 1992

Test Flight Registration:

F-WWCB

Delivery Date:

December 21, 1993

Aircraft Name:

"City of Gilgit"

Previous Registration:

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Sold, November 2016

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 656. Built in 1992. Registered in France as F-WWCB for pre-delivery test flights. First flight July 1992. Airbus A310-304, Stored at Toulouse, France, July 16, 1992, not taken up by LACSA (Spanish: Lineas Aereas Costarricenses S.A.). Stored at Lemwerder Airport, Germany, August 1992. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BEQ for PIA. Delivered to PIA on December 21, 1993 as Airbus A310-308. In 1997, AP-BEQ was named "City of Gilgit" to celebrate Pakistan's 50 years of independence. AP-BEQ sale notice appeared in July 31, 2016, newspaper. Aircraft retired in October 2016. Another sale notice appeared in November 9, 2016, newspaper. Sold and ferried to Malta International Airport, Malta, as flight PK-9761, November 25, 2016. Air France Airbus A300B-203 registration F-BVGG livery stickers applied on AP-BEQ for usage of the A310 in shooting of a movie about Operation Entebbe. Air France livery stickers removed, AP-BEQ departed in PIA livery from Malta International Air Port, Malta, as ferry flight PK-9761 to Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany, December 5, 2016. PIA markings and both engines removed from the aircraft June 2018.

Photo:

Airbus A310-308

Airbus A310-308 (Abbas Ali Collection)

Airbus A310-308 (registration AP-BEQ)