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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.
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 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.
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.
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 ...
With the London route, they became the third U.S. transatlantic passenger carrier, after Pan Am and TWA. In the fall of 1970, the Boeing 747-100 jumbo jet, at that time the largest commercial airliner, entered service with National on the Miami-New York nonstop route on October 1, 1970, and the Miami- Los Angeles transcontinental nonstop route ...