Pan American Airways (1998-2004)

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Pan American Airways (IATA: PA, ICAO: PAA, and Callsign: ), a 1998 incarnation of an older airline, was a United States airline that operated scheduled services in the eastern USA, as well as charters for tour operators and services to the Dominican Republic.^[1]

1 History
2 Pan Am Clipper Connection
3 21st Century Pan Am Railroad
4 References

[edit] History

The Pan Am brand was sold by a second incarnation of Pan American World Airways to New Hampshire-based Guilford Transportation Industries, a railroad company headed by Tim Mellon of the Pittsburgh banking family, and the new airline was established on June 29, 1998. Guilford launched Pan American Airways with a fleet of seven Boeing 727s. This airline was commonly known as Pan Am III. The third incarnation resumed scheduled operations on October 7, 1999 and flew to nine cities in New England, Florida, the Canadian Maritimes and Puerto Rico. The focus was on secondary airports such as Orlando Sanford International Airport instead of Orlando International Airport, and Pease International Airport and Worcester Regional Airport instead of the crowded Logan International Airport in the Boston area.^{[citation needed]}

The new owners relocated the company headquarters from Fort Lauderdale to Portsmouth in December 1998.^[1] Pan Am later had cooperative service arrangements with Boston-Maine Airways, a subsidiary incorporated by the airline in March 1999.^{[citation needed]}

Guilford ceased operating Pan Am III on November 1, 2004, but operations were transferred to Boston-Maine Airways, which resumed Boeing 727 service under the Pan Am Clipper Connection brand from February 17, 2005.

"In August 2005, a federal investigation into fraudulent financial data submitted by Boston-Maine Airways halted plans to expand its fleet and route system. At the same time, the airline pilot union had claimed that the airline was unfit to operate and urged the Department of Transportation to deny the airline's certification for expansion. The airline later announced that it was suspending service from September 6 to November 16, citing rising fuel costs and decreased levels of booking. In mid-October 2005, the airline suspended 727 flights indefinitely from several airports that it served, including its home base in Portsmouth, New Hampshire."

[edit] Pan Am Clipper Connection

Mainline operations were suspended in January 2003, with a view to the resumption of services in the near future, adding several new routes later in 2003.^[1] Guilford ceased operating Pan American Airways on November 1, 2004.

Operations were transferred to Guilford owned certificated regional airline Boston-Maine Airways, which resumed 727 service under the "Pan Am Clipper Connection" brand and Boston-Maine February 17, 2005.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 21st Century Pan Am Railroad

Months after Pan American World Airways became defunct, its owner, Guilford Rail System, started a project that puts Pan Am's evocative blue-and-white globe on hundreds of Guilford's Boston and Maine and Maine Central railroad boxcars. Guilford also owns Boston-Maine Airways. In March 2006 Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways (PAR), which is a subsidiary of Pan Am Systems, formerly known as Guilford Transportation Industries (GTI), and later that year began applying the Pan Am name and colors to locomotives formerly lettered for Guilford Rail System. Guilford has owned the Pan Am name, colors and logo since 1998. [1]