AP-BFV - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BFV

Certificate of Registration Number:

672

Registration Date:

April 30, 1999

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Boeing 747-367

Construction Number:

23534

Line Number:

659

Year Built:

1986

SelCal Code:

HM-GJ

First Flight:

October 3, 1986

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Peshawar

Previous Registration:

B-HIK

Previous Operator:

Cathay Pacific

Fate:

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 23534. Registered in United States of America (USA) as N6038E. First flight October 3, 1986. Registered in Hong Kong, China, as VR-HIK. Delivered to Cathay Pacific on October 10, 1986. After return of Hong Kong to People's Republic of China, aircraft registered in China as B-HIK, August 21, 1997. Leased out to PIA, April 27, 1999. Aircraft registered in Pakistan as AP-BFV. Aircraft purchased by PIA in 2002. AP-BFV named "Peshawar - Gateway to the East" and received Frontier Province tail design as part of Pakistan province tails livery introduced by PIA in 2006. Damaged by Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) on June 8, 2014, at Karachi Airport. Withdrawn from use in 2014. Parked at Jinnah International Air Port (JIAP) - Karachi, Pakistan. Parked in Airports Security Force (ASF) College ground near Karachi Airport, January 2016.

Photo:

Boeing 747-367

Boeing 747-367 (registration AP-BFV)