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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.
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.
In 1989, Johnson Controls purchased Pan Am World Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the Pan Am Corporation that operated the airport. Before the formation of Pan Am World Services, Inc. in 1979, the airport had been operated by Pan American World Airways, specifically by the company's Aviation Division that was created in 1968 to build and operate ...
The lives of 270 people were claimed after a bomb exploded on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland in 1988. ... 13 November 1991: ... 3 May 2000: The trial of Megrahi, 48, and Mr Fhimah, 44 ...
Ransome Airlines was a regional airline in the United States, headquartered at Northeast Philadelphia Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] Founded in 1967, it operated feeder flights on behalf of different mainline carriers via specific airline brands for most of its existence: as Allegheny Commuter (1970–1982), Delta Connection (1984–1987), Pan Am Express (1987–1991) and finally ...
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