Pan American Airways

Pan American Airways, commonly known as Pan Am is the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States, operating scheduled domestic and international services.

= History = Pan Am was was created in 1927. Until the deregulation of air transport in the United States in 1978 it was prohibited from operating domestic flights inside the US. Although transcontinental services between New York and Miami and Los Angeles were begun in 1979, it wasn't until 1986 when the (stunning!) acquisition of Eastern Airlines - one of the "Big Four" American domestic carriers - was completed that Pan Am established itself in the domestic market as well.

Pan American–Grace Airways was formed in 1929 as a joint venture between Pan American Airways and the Grace Shipping Company. After Grace bought out Pan Am's share in 1957 the name was formally changed to Panagra Airways, and the two airlines are completely independent of each other ever since.

Pan Am in British Columbia
Pan Am's only service to BC is a thrice-weekly service between Victoria and Washington, DC that was introduced in 1965.

In October 1984, Eastern Airlines ordered 66 Kehloke 1 airliners from De Havilland BC with options for a further 84. This was the largest single order de Havilland had ever received, and seemed to cement the future success of both De Havilland and the Kehloke. However, after Pan Am's acquisition of Eastern two years later this order was cancelled - a fatal blow from which De Havilland never recovered; De Havilland was bought by Boeing in 1989 and the Kehloke programme was cancelled in 1991, with the last delivery taking place in 1993.

= Fleet =

Current

 * Airbus A220-200 - 22 (2018 to date), +84 on order
 * Airbus A320neo - 76 (2016 to date)
 * Airbus A350-900 - 12 (2014 to date)
 * Airbus A350-900ULR - 5 (2018 to date)
 * Airbus A380-800 - 14 (2016 to date)
 * ATR 42-600 - 44 (2013 to date)
 * Boeing 737-400 - 9 (1989 to date), to be retired by 2024
 * Boeing 737-700 - 168 (1998 to date)
 * Boeing 737-900 - 12 (2008 to date)
 * Boeing 737 MAX 8 - 38 (2017 to date)
 * Boeing 737 MAX 10 - 8 (2020 to date), + 50 on order
 * Boeing 747-8 - 26 (2011 to date)
 * Boeing 757-300 - 68 (2000 to date), to be retired by 2026
 * Boeing 767-300ER - 24 (2002 to date), to be retired by 2027
 * Boeing 777-200 - 24 (2002 to date)
 * Boeing 777-200ER - 14 (2009 to date)
 * Boeing 777-300 - 4 (2021 to date), + 20 on order
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-90 - 26 (1994 to date), to be retired by 2026

Historic

 * Airbus A300B2 - 2 (1986-2002), inherited from Eastern
 * Airbus A300B4 - 44 (1984-2004), 32 inherited from Eastern
 * Airbus A310-200 - 7 (1985-2003)
 * Airbus A310-300 - 14 (1987-2004)
 * Airbus A320-200 - 50 (1989-2021)
 * Airbus A340-300 - 12 (1992-2019)
 * ATR 42-300 - 32 (1987-2015)
 * BAe Jetstream 31 - 10 (1987-1999)
 * Boeing 307 Stratoliner - 3 (1940-1948)
 * Boeing 377 Stratocruiser - 28 (1949-1961)
 * Boeing 707-120 - 8 (1958-1974)
 * Boeing 707-320B - 85 (1959-1981)
 * Boeing 707-320C - 34 (1963-1979)
 * Boeing 720B - 9 (1963-1974)
 * Boeing 727-100 - 57 (1965-1992), 30 inherited from Eastern
 * Boeing 727-200 - 201 (1969-2011), 96 inherited from Eastern
 * Boeing 737-200 - 16 (1981-1999)
 * Boeing 737-300 - 26 (1994-2018)
 * Boeing 737-400 - 43 (1989-2022)
 * Boeing 747-100 - 44 (1970-2011)
 * Boeing 747-200B - 7 (1983-2013)
 * Boeing 747-400 - 12 (2000-2018)
 * Boeing 747SP - 11 (1976-1994)
 * Boeing 757-200 - 71 (1983-2019), 25 inherited from Eastern
 * Convair CV-240 - 20 (1948-1957)
 * Convair CV-340 - 6 (1953-1955)
 * Curtiss C-46 Commando - 12 (1948-1956)
 * DHC-7 - 8 (1983-1997)
 * Douglas DC-2 - 9 (1934-1941)
 * Douglas DC-3 - 90 (1937-1966)
 * Douglas DC-4 - 22 (1947-1961)
 * Douglas DC-6 - 49 (1953-1968)
 * Douglas DC-7 - 37 (1955-1966)
 * Douglas DC-8-31 - 1 (1960-1964)
 * Douglas DC-8-33 - 19 (1959-1971)
 * Douglas DC-8-62 - 1 (1970-1971)
 * Douglas DC-9-31 - 60 (1986-2001), inherited from Eastern
 * Douglas DC-9-51 - 22 (1986-2001), inherited from Eastern
 * Fairchild 71 - 3 (1930-1940)
 * Fairchild 91 - 2 (1936-1937)
 * Fokker F-10A - 12 (1929-1935)
 * Fokker F.VIIa/3m - 3 (1927-1930)
 * Ford Trimotor - 11 (1929-1940)
 * Lockheed L-049 Constellation - 29 (1946-1957)
 * Lockheed L-749 Constellation - 4 (1947-1950)
 * Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar - 22 (1986-2003), inherited from Eastern [11 in svce 1991]
 * Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar - 12 (1980-2002)
 * Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation - 1 (1955-1958)
 * Lockheed Model 9 Orion - 2 (1935-1936)
 * Lockheed Model 10 Electra - 4 (1934-1938)
 * McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 - 3 (1986-1990), inherited from Eastern
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-90 - 60 (1994-2022)

= Routes = Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within the United States; "Continental" refers to services between NAFTA signatories (BC, Mexico, Canada, and the United States).