Pan American Airways was a United States

United States

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 airline that operated scheduled services in the eastern USA

United States

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, as well as charters for tour operators and services to the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

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History

The Pan Am brand was sold by the second incarnation

Pan American Airways (1996-1998)

Pan American Airways was founded in 1996 after an investment group including Charles Cobb, the former Ambassador to Iceland, purchased the rights to the venerable Pan American brand after the original carrier declared bankruptcy...

 of Pan American World Airways

Pan American World Airways

Pan American World Airways, commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal and largest international air carrier in the United States from 1927 until its collapse on December 4, 1991...

 to New Hampshire

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-based Guilford Transportation Industries, a railroad company headed by Timothy Mellon

Timothy Mellon

Timothy Mellon is chairman and majority owner of Pan Am Systems, a transportation holding company.The son of Paul Mellon and his first wife, Mary Conover Brown, Timothy Mellon holds a degree in city planning from Yale University...

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After this transaction, a new airline was established on June 29, 1998. Guilford launched Pan American Airways with a fleet of seven Boeing 727

Boeing 727

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s. This airline was nicknamed by some as "Pan Am III." The third incarnation began scheduled operations on October 7, 1999 and flew to nine cities in New England

New England

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, Florida

Florida

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, the Canadian Maritimes and Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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. The focus was on secondary airports such as Orlando Sanford International Airport

Orlando Sanford International Airport

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 instead of Orlando International Airport

Orlando International Airport

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, and Pease International Airport

Pease International Airport

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 and Worcester Regional Airport instead of the crowded Logan International Airport

Logan International Airport

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 in the Boston

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 area.

The new owners relocated the company headquarters from Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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 to Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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 in December 1998.

Guilford ceased operating Pan American Airways on November 1, 2004, but operations were transferred to a subsidiary known as Boston-Maine Airways

Boston-Maine Airways

Boston-Maine Airways was an American airline headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. It operated scheduled commuter services under the Pan Am Clipper Connection banner. Its main base was Pease International Airport, Portsmouth...

, which resumed Boeing 727 service under the Pan Am Clipper Connection brand from February 17, 2005. In 2006, Guilford changed its name to Pan Am Systems, and changed the name of its railway divisions to Pan Am Railways

Pan Am Railways

Pan Am Railways, Inc. , known as Guilford Rail System before March 2006, is a holding company that owns and operates Class II regional railroads covering northern New England from Mattawamkeag, Maine to Rotterdam Junction, New York...

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Boston-Maine operated the airline service until February 29, 2008.