Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:airline
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Pan_Am
gptkbp:callsign gptkb:CLIPPER
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1991
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Featured in films and TV
Symbol of the Jet Age
gptkbp:destinations_(peak) over 80 countries
gptkbp:filedForBankruptcy 1991
gptkbp:fleetSize over 200 aircraft
gptkbp:founded 1927
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Juan_Trippe
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
gptkbp:ICAO_code gptkb:PAA
PA
gptkbp:livery Blue globe tail logo
gptkbp:logo Blue globe with white lines
gptkbp:mainHub gptkb:John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport
gptkb:San_Francisco_International_Airport
gptkb:Miami_International_Airport
gptkbp:notableAchievement First airline to fly Boeing 747 commercially
First airline to offer computerized reservation system
First airline to operate a jet airliner across the Atlantic
gptkbp:notableAcquisition gptkb:National_Airlines_(1980)
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Douglas_DC-4
gptkb:Lockheed_Constellation
gptkb:Boeing_377_Stratocruiser
gptkb:Sikorsky_S-42
gptkb:Martin_M-130
gptkb:Boeing_314_Clipper
gptkbp:notableBuilding Pan Am Building (now MetLife Building)
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Charles_Lindbergh
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Lockerbie_bombing_(Pan_Am_Flight_103)
gptkb:Tenerife_airport_disaster_(Pan_Am_Flight_1736)
Hijackings in the 1970s
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Pan_Am_Shuttle
gptkb:Pan_Am_Express
First-class Clipper service
gptkbp:notableRoute Transatlantic flights
Transpacific flights
First scheduled round-the-world service
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Pan_Am_Corporation
gptkbp:slogan gptkb:First_Across_the_Pacific
Pan Am Makes the Going Great
The World's Most Experienced Airline
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Delta_Air_Lines_(acquired_transatlantic_routes)
gptkbp:website_(archived) panam.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lockheed_Constellation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6