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 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 1955.

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 =

Historic
= 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).