Boeing 747-240B (SCD)  (Copyright © Mirza Rizwan Beyg)

Grounded Boeing 747-240B Combi (AP-BAT) at Jinnah International Air Port, Karachi in 2009. AP-BAT was withdrawn from use in 2008. Other aircraft seen in this photo are Boeing 747-21AC (SCD), registered in Pakistan as AP-BIB, a Shaheen Air Boeing 737-200 without landing gear sitting on stands/jacks and a PIA Boeing 747-367

Boeing 747-240B (SCD)  (Copyright © Mirza Rizwan Beyg)

Photo taken inside Boeing 747-240B Combi (AP-BAK) when it was being converted to full passenger aircraft in 2009.

PIA Engineering & Maintenance performed heavy maintenance i.e. Check "C" + L3/R3 door modification + full passenger conversion on aircraft AP-BAK successfully turning a cargo/passenger mix aircraft into a high capacity passenger carrier.

This aircraft was previously utilized for passenger/cargo mix operation in combi configuration with 234 passenger seats, after modifications this aircraft has been converted into full passenger configuration and is now capable to accommodate 468 passengers.

This modification was done with formal approval from CAA Pakistan in the form of Engineering Change Order (ECO). AP-BAK in full passenger configuration took part in PIA Hajj 2009 flight operations

Boeing 747-240B (SCD)  (Copyright © Mirza Rizwan Beyg)

Two veteran Boeings - Shaheen Air Boeing 737-291 (AP-BHC) on bay I and PIA Boeing 747-240B Combi (AP-BAK) on bay II undergoing maintenance checks inside PIA's Ispahani wide-body aircraft maintenance hangar at Karachi Airport on October 3, 2009. AP-BAK has been in service with PIA since its delivery to the airline in 1979