Pan Am
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- Founded
- 14 March 1927, (as Pan American Airways, Inc.), 23 June 1928(Pan American Airways Corporation)Originally known as "Aviation Corporation of the Americas" before changing its name to Pan American Airways Corp. in 1931.
- Callsign
- CLIPPER
- Headquarters
- Pan Am Building, New York City, New York, Miami, Florida
- Hubs and bases
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Berlin–Tegel, Berlin–Tempelhof, Frankfurt, Hong Kong–Kai Tak, Houston–Intercontinental, London–Heathrow and 7 more
- Berlin–Tegel
- Berlin–Tempelhof
- Frankfurt
- Hong Kong–Kai Tak
- Houston–Intercontinental
- London–Heathrow
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- New York–JFK
- San Francisco
- Tokyo–Haneda
- Tokyo–Narita
- Washington–Dulles
- Ceased operations
- 4 December 1991
What they fly
- Boeing 727-200 91
- Boeing 747-100 18
- Airbus A310-300 14
- Airbus A300B4 13
- de Havilland Canada Dash 7 10
- BAe Jetstream 31 10
- BAe 146-100 9
- ATR 42-300 8
- Airbus A310-200 7
- Boeing 747-200B 7
- Boeing 737-200 5
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About the airline
Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and more commonly known as Pan Am, was a major airline in the United States that was the largest international air carrier for much of the 20th century. The first airline to fly worldwide, it pioneered innovations such as jumbo jets and computerized reservation systems, and introduced the first American jetliner, the Boeing 707, in 1958. Until its dissolution on December 4, 1991, Pan Am was, and remains a cultural icon of the 20th century, identified by its blue globe logo ("The Blue Meatball"), the use of the word "Clipper" in its aircraft names and call signs, and the white uniform caps of its pilots. Founded in 1927 by two U.S. Army Air Corps majors, Pan Am began as a scheduled airmail and passenger service flying between Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba. In the 1930s, under the leadership of American entrepreneur Juan Trippe, the airline purchased a fleet of flying boats and focused its route network on Central and South America, gradually adding transatlantic and transpacific destinations. By the mid-20th century, Pan Am enjoyed a near monopoly on international…
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