AP-BFX - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BFX

Certificate of Registration Number:

674

Registration Date:

May 1, 1999

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Boeing 747-367

Construction Number:

23709

Line Number:

671

Year Built:

1987

SelCal Code:

JK-CF

First Flight:

February 1, 1987

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Karachi

Previous Registration:

B-HOL

Previous Operator:

Cathay Pacific

Fate:

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 23709. Registered in United States of America (USA) as N6018N. First flight February 1, 1987. Registered in Hong Kong, China, as VR-HOL. Delivered to Cathay Pacific on February 12, 1987. After return of Hong Kong to People's Republic of China, aircraft registered in China as B-HOL, July 21, 1997. Leased out to PIA, April 28, 1999. Aircraft registered in Pakistan as AP-BFX. Aircraft purchased by PIA in 2002. AP-BFX named "Karachi - Green Turtle Waters" and received Sindh Province tail design as part of Pakistan province tails livery introduced by PIA in 2006. Aircraft withdrawn from use in June 2008. Parked at Karachi Airport and used as spares source. Registration AP-BFX removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on January 13, 2009. Sale notice for scrap structure of AP-BFX appeared in July 25, 2010, newspaper. Broken up at Karachi Airport in 2011.

Photo:

Boeing 747-367

Boeing 747-367 (Abbas Ali Collection)

Boeing 747-367 (registration AP-BFX)