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AP-BGU |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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698 |
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Registration Date: |
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May 28, 2004 |
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Operator/Owner: |
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AirBlue |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Airbus A320-231 |
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Construction Number: |
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394 |
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Line Number: |
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Year Built: |
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1992 |
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SelCal Code: |
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GS-EL |
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First Flight: |
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December 14, 1992 |
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Test Flight Registration: |
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Delivery Date: |
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Previous Registration: |
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OO-TCE |
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Previous Operator: |
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Thomas Cook Airlines |
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Fate: |
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Next Registration: |
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N394DK |
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Additional Remarks: |
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Construction number 394. Registered in
France as F-WWBB for pre-delivery test flights. First flight
on December 14, 1992. Registered in Hong Kong, China, as
VR-HYP. Operated by Dragonair, March 16, 1993. After return
of Hong Kong to People's Republic of China, aircraft
registered in China as B-HYP, September 1, 1997. Aircraft
returned to International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC).
Registered in United Kingdom (UK) as G-CVYE and leased out
to Caledonian Airways, March 23, 1998. Leased out to Ryan
International Airlines, Trans Global Vacations, November
1998. Returned to Caledonian Airways, April 26, 1999. Leased
out to Ryan International Airlines, Trans Global Vacations,
December 21, 1999. JMC Air formed by Thomas Cook Group by
merging Caledonian Airways and Flying Colours Airlines.
Aircraft returned to JMC Air, April 23, 2000. Aircraft
leased out to Ryan International Airlines, Trans Global
Vacations, December 10, 2000. Aircraft returned to JMC Air,
April 24, 2001. Aircraft leased out to Ryan International
Airlines, Trans Global Vacations, December 13, 2001.
Returned to JMC Air, April 20, 2002. Leased out to Thomas
Cook Airlines, May 4, 2002. Returned to JMC Air, November
18, 2002. To Thomas Cook Airlines, March 27, 2003. Aircraft
named "inspire". Registered in Belgium as OO-TCE, May 23,
2003. Leased out to AirBlue, May 2004. Aircraft
registered in Pakistan as AP-BGU. Registration AP-BGU
removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on June 16, 2009.
Returned to IAI XI Inc, September 19, 2009. Registered in
United States of America (USA) as N394DK. Ferried to
Keflavik Airport (KEF / BIKF), Iceland, for storage, July 2,
2009. |
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Photo: |
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Airbus A320-231
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Ali Collection) |
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Airbus A320-231 (registration AP-BGU) |
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