AP-BGQ - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-BGQ

Certificate of Registration Number:

694

Registration Date:

May 31, 2004

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Airbus A310-325ET

Construction Number:

660

Line Number:

Year Built:

1992

SelCal Code:

LM-DF

First Flight:

October 16, 1992

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Sialkot

Previous Registration:

F-OGYT

Previous Operator:

Aeroflot - Russian Airlines

Fate:

Next Registration:

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 660. Registered in France as F-WWCF for pre-delivery test flights. First flight on October 16, 1992. Registered in United States of America (USA) as N836AB. Delivered to Delta Air Lines, September 30, 1993. Registration N836AB cancelled on July 30, 1996. Aircraft returned to Airbus Asset Management. Registered in France as F-OGYT and leased out to Aeroflot - Russian Airlines, July 31, 1996. Aircraft returned to Airbus Asset Management. Leased out to PIA on ten year dry lease, May 26, 2004. Aircraft registered in Pakistan as AP-BGQ. AP-BGQ named "Sialkot - The Diligence of Industry" and received Punjab Province tail design as part of Pakistan province tails livery introduced by PIA in 2006. Aircraft purchased by PIA, February 16, 2012. Withdrawn from use and parked at Karachi Airport, Pakistan, 2014. AP-BGQ sale notice given in October 1, 2014, newspapers. Aircraft auction notice appeared in October 4, 2015, newspaper. Auction to be held at Karachi Airport on October 29, 2015.

Photo:

Airbus A310-325ET

Airbus A310-325ET (Abbas Ali Collection)

Airbus A310-325ET (registration AP-BGQ)