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The terminal featured the Panorama Room, a dining room with a view of the entire concourse, and the Clipper Hall museum of Pan Am history. In 1971, the terminal was expanded to accommodate the large Boeing 747 and renamed the "Pan Am Worldport". Worldport was the world's largest airline terminal and held the title for several years.
The spirit of Pan Am lives on. For passengers eager to relive the days of flying the iconic airline, a charter company will re-create two early routes of the now long-gone carrier.
When Pan Am declared bankruptcy in early 1991 and was forced to sell its New York hub to Delta Air Lines, Pan Am Express continued to operate the northeast regional system and the Miami system for Pan Am until the brand was shut down together with its parent on December 4, 1991. On that date, Ransome / Pan Am Express was sold to Trans World ...
[3] [4] Until its dissolution on December 4, 1991, Pan Am "epitomized the luxury and glamour of intercontinental travel", [5] and it remains a cultural icon of the 20th century, identified by its blue globe logo ("The Blue Meatball"), [6] the use of the word "Clipper" in its aircraft names and call signs, and the white uniform caps of its pilots.
Once Pan Am ceased operations in 1991 following a bankruptcy blamed in part on airline deregulation, increased competition and rising costs, Miami airport took over the headquarters building ...
Pan American Airways, also known as Pan Am II, was an airline created in 1996 by an investment group that included former US ambassador Charles Cobb. The group purchased the rights to the venerable Pan Am brand after the original carrier declared bankruptcy in 1991.
Pan Am Brands, which owns the former airline’s licensing rights, will fly a special Pan Am-branded private jet on a 12-day trip from New York City in June 2025.
On January 7, 1980, the acquisition of National was completed, [2] with Pan Am taking over the National Airlines fleet and route network. Pan Am continued to utilize the former National Miami maintenance base and headquarters building until Pan Am itself ceased operations in December 1991. [ 33 ]