A CLASSIC airline once at the pinnacle of travel is set for a comeback in a rare opportunity for nostalgic passengers. An American travel agency has set about reviving the old aviation leader for 2025, promising an exclusive experience on a Boeing 757. The Pan American brand, better known as Pan Am , has been brought back from the dead by Criterion Travel - and the agency is planning a multi-city trip for the ages.
Pan Am formed in the 1920s, becoming famous for its "Clipper" flying boats in the 1930s and 40s. The airline enjoyed a famed commercial run in the decades that followed, peaking between the late 1950s to early 1970s with destinations in every continent bar Antarctica. But the aviation kings were dethroned when the airline industry was deregulated, sparking a burst of competition.
It suffered a slow demise through the 1980s amid failed to attempts to re-brand and restructure, before going bankrupt in 1991. Now, 33 years later, Pan Am will again take off to the troposphere after Criterion Travel paid to use the brand and logo. The multi-city sensation will take off from New York on June 27 2025, bound for Bermuda - where Clippers often stopped.
The flight will then cross the Atlantic for Lisbon before a stopover in Marseille . A Pan-Am revival trip wouldn't be complete with a hop to London , the city that first saw its Boeing 747. From London, passengers will be flown to Foynes on Ireland 's west coast - another historical stopping point for Clippers.
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