Commenced operations 1981 Fleet size See Fleet below | Ceased operations 1991 Founded 1987 | |
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Focus cities Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Destinations See Route network below Parent company Pan American World Airways Parent organization Pan American World Airways Hubs John F. Kennedy International Airport, Miami International Airport, Berlin Tegel Airport | ||
Pan Am Express was a brand name for a code sharing passenger feed service operated by other airlines on behalf of Pan American World Airways (Pan Am). It was set up in the early 1980s, and lasted until the demise of Pan Am in 1991.
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History
In 1980, Pan American World Airways acquired National Airlines, thus obtaining a domestic route network in the U.S. for the first time in its history. In order to provide connecting passenger service to smaller destinations, the creation of a feeder network soon became necessary.
For this task, a number of airlines flying narrow body jet equipment and/or turboprop aircraft were contracted on codeshare-like agreements:
The focus of the Pan Am Express network was put on feeding into Pan Am's hub at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The northeastern U.S. was particularly well covered, but there were also feeder service flights operated in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas as well as the midwestern and southern U.S.
In 1987, Pan Am acquired Ransome Airlines, which was subsequently renamed Pan Am Express and began operating under the banner and aircraft livery of Pan Am. It fully concentrated on serving the JFK hub and also operated a second feeder network in Europe, offering regional flights out of Berlin Tegel Airport. Pan Am Express also operated flights between Los Angeles (LAX) and San Diego (SAN) which were not linked to any other smaller destinations in the regional network. When Pan Am declared bankruptcy in early 1991 and was forced to sell its New York hub to Delta Air Lines, Pan Am Express was then relocated to Miami International Airport (MIA). From there, a number of destinations in Florida and the Bahamas were served on behalf of Pan Am until the brand was shut down together with its parent on December 4, 1991.
Route network
Between 1983 and 1991, the Pan Am Express branding was used on flights to the following destinations in the United States, Canada and the Bahamas:
In Europe, the following destinations were served:
Fleet
The following aircraft types were used on Pan Am Express flights: