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AP-BFL |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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663 |
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Registration Date: |
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1997 |
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Operator/Owner: |
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Airbus A300B4-203 |
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Construction Number: |
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204 |
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Year Built: |
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1982 |
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First Flight: |
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July 29, 1982 |
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Test Flight Registration: |
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Delivery Date: |
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Aircraft Name: |
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"City of Abbotabad" |
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Previous Registration: |
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SX-BFI |
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Previous Operator: |
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Apollo |
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Fate: |
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Returned to lessor |
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Next Registration: |
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EP-MHG |
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Next Operator: |
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Mahan Air |
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Additional Remarks: |
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Construction number 204. Built in 1982.
Registered in France as F-GBNI for pre-delivery test
flights. First flight July 29, 1982. Registered in United
States of America (USA) as N227EA. Delivered to Eastern Air
Lines on October 14, 1982. To Pan Am and registered in USA
as N216PA, March 1990. Aircraft named "Clipper Houston".
Withdrawn from use in September 1991. Seen at Orlando -
International (McCoy) (MCO / KMCO) Airport, Florida, USA,
December 1991 painted in Dominicana livery for lease but not
taken up. Leased to European Airlines, April 8, 1992.
Registered in Antigua and Barbuda as V2-LDX and operated by
European Airlines, May 20, 1992. Leased to Air India, May
14, 1994. Returned to European Airlines and re-registered in
Belgium as OO-TJO, September 7, 1994. Registered in Peru as
OB-1596 and operated by Faucett Perú/APA International Air,
December 17, 1994. Registered in Greece as SX-BFI and leased
out to Apollo, December 12, 1995. Aircraft named "Island of
Crete". Returned to lessor ING, January 4, 1997. Leased out
to PIA January 7, 1997. Aircraft registered in Pakistan as
AP-BFL. In 1997, AP-BFL was named "City of Abbotabad" to
celebrate Pakistan's 50 years of independence. Aircraft
returned to lessor ING, May 23, 2000. Registration AP-BFL
removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on June 29, 2000.
Registered in Iran as EP-MHG and operated by Mahan Air, July
4, 2000. |
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Photo: |
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Airbus A300B4-203
(Abbas Ali
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Airbus A300B4-203 (registration AP-BFL) |
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