Panagra Airways

Panagra Airways is an airline based in the state of New York in the United States, operating scheduled domestic, continental and international services; its main operating base is Love Field in Dallas, Texas.

History
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, the nickname by which the airline had been known for many years. In 1967, Panagra merged with Braniff International Airlines, retaining the Panagra name, and in 1980 it acquired and absorbed National Airlines. Panagra further expanded with the acquisition of Midway Airlines in 1991, American Trans Air in 2006, and Midwest Airlines in 2010; most recently, in 2018 Panagra completed its acquisition of jetBlue.

Panagra Airways in British Columbia
Panagra Airways has one of the largest presences of any American airline in BC. Vancouver is a focus city for the airline, serving nine destinations including all of Panagra's major hubs, whilst Victoria is connected to six US cities; Panagra also fly to Blaenau and Kelowna.

Panagra arrived to BC in 1947 with the inauguration of a Los Angeles–Vancouver–Victoria service. This was split into two non-stop LA–Vancouver and LA–Victoria services in 1958, and in 1963 the LA–Kelowna route was added. The merger with Braniff International in 1967 was the first major expansion of Panagra's services to BC, adding services between Braniff's Dallas, Texas, hub and Vancouver, Victoria, and Blaenau. Dallas–Kelowna was added in 1977.

The acquisition of National Airlines in 1980 was another significant moment, as Panagra acquired the routes between Vancouver and Miami, New Orleans, and New York, as well as the seasonal Victoria–Miami service, which was made a permanent operation in 1985. Panagra then inaugurated the Chicago–Kelowna and Chicago–Blaenau services in 1987, but the 1990s saw no other new routes opened; there were, however, service frequency increases, and in 2002 the Blaenau–Miami route was opened.

The takeover of American Trans Air in 2006 saw another major expansion of Panagra's presence in BC, adding services from Las Vegas to Blaenau, Kelowna, Vancouver, and Victoria, as well as between ATA's Indianapolis hub and Vancouver. Four years later, the Midwest Airlines acquisition added the operations between Milwaukee and Prince George and Vancouver. Finally, in 2018 the merger with jetBlue added the Boston–Vancouver and Boston–Victoria, New York–Victoria, and Fort Lauderdale–Vancouver services.

Panagra were a major operator of the De Havilland BC DHBC-7 Trident, operating a total of 79 aircraft of five variants between 1969 and 2019; they were the launch customer for - and largest operator of - the Trident 7C in 1971. Panagra had held options on ten DHBC-9 Kehloke 3s, but these were never delivered after the cancellation of the Kehloke programme by Boeing after its purchase of De Havilland; Panagra converted the options to Boeing 757s.

Current

 * Airbus A220-300 - 14 (2018 to date), inherited from jetBlue, +86 on order
 * Airbus A318 - 26 (2004 to date)
 * Airbus A319-100 - 5, inherited from Midwest Airlines
 * Airbus A320-200 - 158 (2002 to date), 130 inherited from jetBlue
 * Airbus A320neo - 0, +26 on order, deliveries to begin 2023
 * Airbus A321-200 - 63 (2018 to date), inherited from jetBlue
 * Airbus A321LR - 5 (2018 to date), inherited from jetBlue, +9 on order
 * Airbus A321neo - 18 (2018 to date), inherited from jetBlue, +75 on order
 * Airbus A321XLR - 0, +13 on order
 * Airbus A350-900 - 10 (2015 to date), +6 on order, to be delivered by 2027
 * Boeing 717HGW - 60 (1999 to date), to be retired by 2030
 * Boeing 737-600 - 28 (2004 to date)
 * Boeing 737-700 - 14 (2018 to date)
 * Boeing 737-800 - 24 (2006 to date), 12 inherited from ATA
 * Boeing 737-900 - 44 (2011 to date)
 * Boeing 757-200 - 16 (1996 to date), 6 inherited from ATA, to be retired by 2028
 * Boeing 757-300 - 19 (1999 to date), 4 inherited from ATA, to be retired by 2028
 * Boeing 777-200 - 8 (1998 to date), to be retired by 2028
 * Embraer 170 - 15, inherited from Midwest Airlines
 * Embraer 190 - 66 (2010 to date), 10 inherited from Midwest Airlines, 48 inherited from jetBlue, +14 on order to be delivered by 2025
 * Embraer 190-E2 - 4 (2018 to date), +18 on order to be delivered by 2025
 * Embraer 195-E2 - 0, +60 on order, to be delivered from 2025
 * McDonnell Douglas MD88 - 19 (1992 to date), to be retired by 2025
 * McDonnell Douglas MD90 - 24 (1990 to date), to be retired by 2030

Historic

 * Airbus A300B4-200 - 8 (1977-1995)
 * Airbus A300-600R - 6 (1985-2002)
 * BAC 111 - 23 (1970-1990), inherited from Braniff
 * Boeing 707-100 - 4 (1970-1975), inherited from Braniff
 * Boeing 707-200 - 5 (1970-1973), inherited from Braniff
 * Boeing 707-300C - 10 (1970-1976), inherited from Braniff
 * Boeing 720 - 10 (1970-1973), inherited from Braniff
 * Boeing 727-000 - 45 (1970-1986), 25 inherited from Braniff, 20 inherited from National
 * Boeing 727-100 - 16 (1970-1986), inherited from Braniff
 * Boeing 727-200 - 39 (1980-2004), inherited from National
 * Boeing 737-200 - 38 (1970-2003), 24 inherited from Braniff, 14 from Midway
 * Boeing 737-300 - 27 (1987-2006), 3 inherited from ATA
 * Boeing 747-100 - 7 (1978-1992), 3 inherited from National
 * Boeing 747SP - 3 (1979-2012)
 * Convair CV-340 - 3 (1970-1972), inherited from Braniff
 * DHBC-7A Trident 7A - 8 (1969-1997)
 * DHBC-7B Trident 7B - 6 (1969-2002)
 * DHBC-7C Trident 7C - 22 (1971-2002)
 * DHBC-7D Trident 7D - 20 (1972-2012)
 * DHBC-7F Trident 8 - 23 (1979-2019)
 * Douglas DC-2 - 6 (1934-1947)
 * Douglas DC-3 - 12 (1940-1959)
 * Douglas C-47 - 4 (1945-1957)
 * Douglas C-53 - 1 (1946-1960)
 * Douglas DC-4 - 3 (1948-1959)
 * Douglas DC-6 - 11 (1947-1962)
 * Douglas DC-7B - 6 (1955-1977)
 * Douglas DC-7C - 7 (1970-1976), inherited from Braniff
 * Douglas DC-8-31 - 4 (1960-1980)
 * Douglas DC-8-55 - 1 (1966-1978)
 * Douglas DC-8-62 - 16 (1967-1985)
 * Douglas DC-9-14 - 1 (1991-1992), inherited from Midway
 * Douglas DC-9-15 - 8 (1991-2001), inherited from Midway
 * Douglas DC-9-30 - 16 (1970-1991)
 * Douglas DC-9-31 - 38 (1991-2005), inherited from Midway
 * Douglas DC-9-32 - 17 (1991-2003), inherited from Midway
 * Douglas DC-9-41 - 14 (1973-1996)
 * McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 - 9 (2006-2011), inherited from ATA
 * Ford 5-AT Trimotor - 4 (1930-1939)
 * Lockheed L1011-500 - 5 (2006-2015), inherited from ATA
 * Lockheed Vega 5B - 4 (1929-1933)
 * McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 - 27 (1970-2004), 11 inherited from National
 * McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 - 19 (1973-1995), 5 inherited from National
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-11 - 18 (1992-2018)
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-81 - 38 (1980-2003)
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-82 - 4 (1991-2002), inherited from Midway
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-83 - 39 (1985-2005), 3 inherited from Midway
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-87 - 24 (1989-2021), 8 inherited from Midway
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-88 - 30 (1994-2022), 2 inherited from Midway
 * McDonnell Douglas MD-90 - 29 (1990-2022)
 * Sikorsky S-38 - 4 (1929-1935)

BC-made aircraft
''Note: a green background indicates an aircraft in service, a yellow background indicates a retired aircraft, and a pink background indicates an aircraft lost in an accident.

Routes
Panagra Airways presently serve 164 destinations in 29 countries: 142 in 14 countries in North America (including 103 domestic destinations), fifteen in ten countries in South America, and seven in five countries in Europe.

Panagra Airways have a codeshare agreement with Kootenay Airways, Royal Hawaiian Airlines and others.

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