AP-BFW - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BFW

Certificate of Registration Number:

673

Registration Date:

June 15, 1999

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Boeing 747-367

Construction Number:

23221

Line Number:

615

Year Built:

1985

SelCal Code:

GL-CK

First Flight:

May 31, 1985

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Lahore

Previous Registration:

B-HII

Previous Operator:

Cathay Pacific

Fate:

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 23221. Registered in United States of America (USA) as N6018N. First flight May 31, 1985. Registered in Hong Kong, China, as VR-HII. Delivered to Cathay Pacific on June 13, 1985. After return of Hong Kong to People's Republic of China, aircraft registered in China as B-HII, November 12, 1997. Leased out to PIA, June 14, 1999. Aircraft registered in Pakistan as AP-BFW. Aircraft purchased by PIA in 2002. AP-BFW named "Lahore - Garden of the Mughals" and received Punjab Province tail design as part of Pakistan province tails livery introduced by PIA in 2006. Withdrawn from use in 2013 and parked at Jinnah International Air Port (JIAP), Karachi. Aircraft structure sale notice appeared in August 4, 2013, newspaper. Registration AP-BFW removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on August 16, 2013. Aircraft structure auctioned to a metal scrap dealer for 9.95 million Pakistan rupees at Karachi Airport on August 28, 2013.

Photo:

Boeing 747-367

Boeing 747-367 (Abbas Ali Collection)

Boeing 747-367 (registration AP-BFW)