For generations of travelers, Pan Am symbolized the lofty air travel ambitions of the US. In 2025, travelers will be able to get their own Pan Am experience in the friendly skies. But the trip, which ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Offering an insider’s view of the business of flight. Portrait of the "Clipper Victor", a Pan American World Airways 747 jet ...

Pan Am is looking for aircraft aficionados to help name their first Clipper to fly under their name in a number of years. Pan Am Airways clipper names can be suggested on their website and the chosen ...

KENNER, La. — Dennis Woltering was one of the first reporters on the scene of the tragic crash of Pan Am flight 759 on July 9, 1982. Here is one of his reports looking back on the day. It was 1982.

Long gone but not quite forgotten, Pan American Airways once dominated international airplane travel — a business the pioneering company created and developed out of a hangar at a little airfield its ...

It was an emotional day in New York this week as Pan Am returned to the skies. On Tuesday, a Boeing 757 with the famous Pan Am livery took off from New York City's John F. Kennedy International ...

When Pan Am was dissolved on December 4, 1991, it left behind a legacy as the largest international air carrier and was the unofficial flag carrier of the United States for a good chunk of the 20th ...

Flying on an airline nowadays is more like a chore than a luxury. But it wasn't always like this. Believe it or not, air travel felt like a special occasion for most of the 20th century. Step aside, ...

On April 22, 1974, Pan Am Flight 812 took off from Hong Kong headed for Los Angeles – but the plane never made it to its destination as it crashed into a mountain, killing all onboard. Moments before ...