Pan American World Airways facts for kids
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| Founded | March 1927 |
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| Commenced operations | October 1927 |
| Ceased operations | December 1991 |
| Hubs | New York, Miami, Frankfurt, London/Heathrow, Tokyo/Narita |
| Focus cities | Several |
| Frequent-flyer program | WorldPass |
| Airport lounge | Clipper Club |
| Fleet size | 152 (in 1990) |
| Destinations | all 6 continents |
| Company slogan | Every Country Has An Airline. The World Has Pan Am. |
| Parent company | Pan Am Corporation |
| Headquarters | New York City (until 1980) |
| Key people | Juan Trippe |
| Website | http://www.panam.com/ |
Pan American World Airways, or Pan Am, was once the largest airline of the USA. The crash of Pan Am Flight 103 and several other factors led to the airline to stop flying in 1991.
History
Pan Am was founded in 1926. Its first flights were from Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba. During the 1920s and 1930s, Pan Am bought several smaller airlines in Central America and South America. These were bought to help Pan Am expand its flights throughout The Americas.Pan Am became the first airline to circumnavigate the world in 1942. By the 1950s, Pan Am had several larger airplanes like the Boeing 377, Douglas DC-6 and the Lockheed Constellation. It went to cities all across the world. In 1959, Pan Am bought its first jet - the Boeing 707. In 1970, Pan Am introduced its first widebody jet - the Boeing 747. In 1980, Pan Am was combined with National Airlines. This was because Pan Am wanted to fly domestic flights and the government didn't allow it to. When Pan Am bought National, it could finally fly domestically. In the 1980s, Pan Am started having many financial problems. Pan Am paid way too much to buy National Airlines. Pan Am also spent too much money on the new Boeing 747s. The Gulf War also caused many problems with Pan Am's transatlantic flights. Pan Am declared bankruptcy in January 1991. Delta Air Lines bought small parts of Pan Am and tried to help it. However, on December 4, 1991 Pan Am stopped flying due to the big financial problems. United Airlines got many of Pan Am's old flights. American Airlines got Pan Am's Miami hub. Pan Am was resurrected twice in 1996 and 1998.
Images for kids
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Flown cover autographed by pilot Cy Caldwell and carried from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, on the first contract airmail flight operated by Pan American Airways, October 19, 1927
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"Birthplace of Pan American World Airways", Key West, Florida
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PAA routes as of 1936
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1941 advertising mailer for Pan Am's "Flying Clipper Cruises" to South America
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PAA's China Clipper service cut the time of a transpacific crossing from as much as six weeks by sea to just six days by air.
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Stamps issued by the United States and Philippine Islands for Air Mail carried on the first flights in each direction of PAA's Transpacific "China Clipper" service between San Francisco, California, and Manila, Philippines. (November 22 – December 6, 1935)
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Flown cover carried around the world on PAA Boeing 314 Clippers and by Imperial Airways, June 24 – July 28, 1939
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Pan Am Lockheed L-049 Constellation Clipper Great Republic at London Heathrow
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Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Clipper Seven Seas at London Heathrow in 1954
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Pan American DC-4 at Piarco Airport, Trinidad in the 1950s
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A Boeing 707-120 at the Pan Am Worldport in 1961. The terminal was once the center of the airline's New York operations; it was transferred to Delta Air Lines in 1991, and demolished by Delta and the Port Authority in 2013.
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Douglas DC-8-32 of Pan American at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 1967
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Boeing 747-100 Clipper Neptune's Car (N742PA) at Zurich Airport
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The Pan Am Building in Midtown Manhattan, now the MetLife Building, was Pan Am headquarters
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Pan Am Holiday pamphlet for destination New Zealand (1966)
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Pan American Douglas DC-6B operating an Internal German Service at Hanover Airport in May 1964.
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Pan Am Boeing 747-100 ("Clipper Star of the Union") at John F. Kennedy Airport in May 1973
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A Pan Am flight attendant in 1970s uniform
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Clipper Spreeathen at Zurich in 1985
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Clipper Miles Standish (N805PA), an Airbus A310
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Clipper Sparking Wave (N741PA), a Boeing 747-100 on short final into Berlin Tempelhof Airport, wearing Pan Am's final "billboard" style livery
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ATR 42 (N4209G) of Pan Am Express at Sylt Airport, 1991
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Pan Am Clipper Guilford (N342PA), Boeing 727-200
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A former Maine Central boxcar painted in the new Pan Am Railways livery in 2005
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A Pan Am ballcap.
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The Sikorsky S-42 was one of Pan Am's earlier flying boats and was used to survey the San Francisco – China route.
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See also
In Spanish: Pan Am para niños
