HOW PIA SCRAPED BOEING 747 CITY OF PESHAWAR BECOME PART OF BALTIA AIRLINES IN USA .

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Corruption was amazing under rule of Generals Mushraff the Beloved leader of Pakistan in 2005 as it was never reported then in Paki Media and it never is now. Yet the People who did it like Generals Mushraff  a Qadiani , Ahmad Saed Awan chairman PIA , Finance Ministry Bureaucrat Tariq Aziz a Qadiani the Invisible King of Pakistan .

A Bureaucrat in Finance Ministry of Pakistan and best friend of Mushraff and Shaukat Aziz PM of Pakistan and Brigadier Niaz of Pakistan Army, another Qadiani friends of General Mushraff.

There were others as well like the AVM Niaz Hussein who was made Deputy MD of PIA Drunkard and Womanizer and reportedly his Alcohol bill for a month was in hundreds of thousands.

This story as at time of Mr Chaudhry Ahmad Saed as Chairman PIA and also is related to Another chairman (PIA) Pakistan International Airlines Mr. Tariq Kirmani a Qadiani who was brought from PSO , Pakistan State Oil as Managing Director of PIA just because he was a Qadiani and so was General Pervaiz Mushraff , otherwise  Mr. Tariq Kirmani had no Knowledge of Airlines and no Management experience and was just a Jack Ass the Kind we are exposing in this blog.

Here is an interesting Story of An Aircraft “ Boeing 747 Known as City of Peshawar “was scrapped and sold to a junkyard of Aviation in Arizona to a company known as Green Line International which sold it to USA based Airline called “ Air Baltia “ .

History

Boeing 747-28B, Which had the “City of Peshawar “Painted on it is very Interesting and it was sold to scrap while it was in Perfect condition to fly and was in Perfect condition to Fly . Here are the details of the Aircraft . 

This was the Aircart that also made a belly landing in Islamabad as well , because of Pilot error of PIA Piolet but was repaired and made Serviceable and it gave a lot of service to PIA. here is the Picture of belly landing of AP-AYW. 

On February 4, 1986, AP-AYW made belly landing at Islamabad Airport around 9AM in the morning. The Boeing 747 was arriving as PIA flight PK-300 from Karachi with 264 passengers & crew onboard. Luckily everyone survived this accident caused by pilot error. AP-AYW was repaired with Boeing Company's technical assistance

Construction Number                                (MSN)    21035Line Number                                                256Aircraft
Type                                                     Boeing 747-282BFirst Flight                                                    27. Feb 1975Age                                                                 37.3 Years

Dates From PIA to Scrap to Now as US Airline Plane 

Delivery date-Operator-Registration-Remark 07 dec 2009 ----Baltia Air Lines --- N705BL 23 sep 2005 ----Evergreen Int --- N559EV ---- Stored at Marana 01 apr 1976 ----Pakistan International Airlines --- AP-AYW  Last flight around March 2005, after Hadj 2005. Stored at Lahore Airport Pakistan 17 oct 1975 ----TAP Air Portugal --- CS-TJD 

PIA City of Peshawar in Arizona Junkyard 2005-2010

PICTURES OF AIRCRAFT CLICK HERE 
Baltia Air Lines Boeing 747-200 (N705BL) at LAX aftering being taken out of the airline junkyard in August 2010..

Here is the flat plan of PIA Aircraft AP-AYW know known as NL705 , while being Taken from Junk Yard to Malaysia .

Really the story starts long ago. Back in 1989, Baltia Air Lines was founded in New York City. The idea was to provide service from New York to what used to be the Soviet Union. After lots of planning, it looked like things were going well for the start up. Baltia had plans to fly to multiple cities in the Soviet Union and were looking to purchase a few Boeing 767′s and 737′s. Then the Soviet Union collapsed, which was great for America, but not so great for the new American-based Baltia Air Lines. There was too much instability in the Baltic region and plans to start a new airline were shelved.

It took until 1996 when Baltia was able to get authority to fly from New York (at JFK) to St. Petersberg. At the time Baltia was planning on flying a single Boeing 747 and in 1998 put a $100,000.00 down payment for an ex-Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-200. However, in 1999, the airline did not have enough capital to start flying and the Department of Transportation (DOT) revoked their route authority. In 2007, Baltia received more capital and once again filed to fly from JFK to St. 

Petersburg. 

The DOT approves the plan and allowed them to fly in 2008. When Luly with The Airline Blog first contacted Baltia back in August 2009, they assured him they were planning on purchasing one Boeing 747 from an airline that was based in the US. Many were skeptical that the airline would actually purchase an aircraft and questioned if the airline would ever take off (pun intended).
It was quite shocking when they announced that they purchased a Boeing 747-200. They didn’t end up getting a 747 from an American carrier, but they still found one. 

Baltia ended up purchasing one which was first delivered to TAP Air Portugal in 1975. Then in 1976 it was sold to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), where it flew until it was stored in 2005. Then in July 2009, Baltia Air Lines purchased the jumbo jet and registered it as N705BL. They paid a little less than a half-million for the plane, which did not come with engines.

Baltia Air Lines Boeing 747-200 (N705BL) arriving to Malaysian Airline System Berhad ("MAS") facility in Malaysia for scheduled maintenance

Even though they had a plane, it became questionable if it would ever fly. Doubters were amazed, when on August 4th 2010, she arrived at the Malaysian Airlines Maintenance Center where it will be updated and painted.
The choice of an older, less fuel efficient aircraft is a bit puzzling. Of course there is a lower up front cost, but it will cost a lot in the long run. Will passengers be willing to fly in such an old aircraft? Will most even realize how old she really is?
This airline surely is interesting. Not only a US airline flying passengers in a Boeing 747-200, but flying non-stop to major Russian cities is too good to ignore. These people sure seem to have the drive and ambition to make an airline happen, no matter what the time line.

The keen eye of a ramp worker caught N705BL at LAX on its way to Malaysia (photo) and was allowed to go in to take a look. The interior is still looks like PIA (photo), but they plan to install a VIP interior. I kind of hope they can keep the classic spiral stair case going up to the upper deck (photo).
More recently, Baltia Air Lines has announced the purchase of a second Boeing 747 and that they plan to start flying during the second quarter of 2011. 

According to Airliners Gallery News, Baltia Air Lines President, Igor Dmitrowsky stated, “Significant progress has been made in the FAA Air Carrier Certification document process and that Baltia is anticipating a second quarter launch.” He continued with, “There are still other pre-launch certification tasks to be accomplished such as the completion of the Safety Attribute Inspection audit process of the manuals, the completion of maintenance on our newly acquired Boeing 747 aircraft, the training of our crewmembers, and the mini evacuation test and proving flights, which should all be completed prior to our inaugural flight.”

MORE BALTIA AIR LINES GOODIES:* Video of N705BL arriving  in Malaysian Airlines Maintenance Center
* 20 photos of the aircraft’s life* Simpliflying looks at Baltia Air Lines use of social media

END OF PIA BOEING 747 IN MALAYSIA :

According to reliable sources the Boeing 747 known as city of Peshawar  was sold in Malaysia as it is standing in Kaula Lumpur Airport in Malaysia Pictured here , Either the Plane was registered in same other name or it was used for spare parts or its Equipment was sold to other Airline it is a Mystery that has to be explored further:

At Malaysia in 2012 at Kaula Lumpur  Airport 

Here is the Agreement of sale of This Beautiful Aircraft known as City of Peshawar or AP-AYW.

AIRCRAFT BILL OF SALE

FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR DOLLAR AND SIX CENTS ($144,164.06), THE UNDERSIGNED OWNER OF THE LEGAL AND BENEFICIAL TITLE OF THE AIRCRAFT DESCRIBED AS FOLLOW:

UNITED STATES REGISTRATION NUMBER:	N705BL
AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER & MODEL:	BOEING 747-200
AIRCRAFT SERIALNO:	21035

DOES THIS 11th DAY OF JANUARY, 2012 HEREBY SELL, GRANT, TRANSFER AND DELIVER ALL RIGHTS, TITLE, AND INTERESTS 1N AND TO SUCH AIRCRAFT "AS IS WHERE IS" UNTO:

PURCHASER:

YUSOF, MOHD YAZMEEN MD NO.8, JALAN DINAR A U3/A SECTION U3 TAMAN SUBANG PERDANA 40150SHAH ALAM SELANGOR MALAYSIA

IN TESTIMONY THEREOF I HAVE PLACED MY SIGNATURE BELOW ON THIS 14th DAY OF MAY, 2012.
SELLER:BALTIA AIR LINES, INC
BY /signature/RUSSELL THAL

EXECUTIVE V .P.