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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 ...
[106] [110] [113] [114] The renamed Pan Am Express operated routes mostly from New York, as well as Berlin, Germany. Miami services were added in 1990. [115] However, the regional Pan Am Express operation provided only an incremental feed to Pan Am's international route system, which was now focused on the Atlantic Division.
1985 - Purchased Pan Am's entire Pacific Division; 1990 - Purchased Pan Am routes to London Heathrow Airport; 1991 - Purchased Pan Am's entire Latin American Division; 2010 - Merged with Continental Airlines. Was the world's largest carrier at the time of merger, acquired the Continental brand kept the United name.
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.
[37] [38] Facing financial troubles, Pan Am sold its Pacific route authority, as well as aircraft and equipment, to United Airlines in 1985 leading to United Airlines operating former Pan Am routes over the Pacific in February 1986. [39] 。 In 1988, the CAAC was split into multiple airlines. Air China retrieved CAAC's route authority over its ...
Pan Am launched the first commercial international flights out of the United States, established the first worldwide air networks, built airports across the hemisphere, pioneered jet passenger ...
In 1950, Pan Am Douglas DC-4s flew Brownsville to Mexico City via Tampico; in 1953-54 Pan Am's route was extended north to Houston. [25] In 1960, Pan Am ended the Tampico stop, flying BRO-MEX nonstop; in 1962 the HOU-MEX flight became a DC-8 and Pan Am dropped Brownsville, whose longest runway was 5734 ft until 1965.
Pan Am Railways parent Pan Am Systems was put up for sale in July 2020. [3] On November 30, 2020, CSX Corporation announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to purchase Pan Am Systems. The sale of Pan Am Systems to CSX underwent regulatory review by the Surface Transportation Board, [4] [5] which approved the sale on April 14, 2022. [6]