The flight of the Boeing 727 plane, named Clipper Goodwill, would be the last for what had become the world’s most successful airline, Pan Am. Now, 34 years later, it’s back, sort of: this summer, the brand rose from the ashes as a luxury charter service. It was in the 1930s, under the leadership of Juan Trippe, that it became an international scheduled airline, focusing first on South America and then transatlantic routes. The airline is eyeing a full-scale reincarnation as a scheduled service to return the glamour of Pan Am to the skies. There’s also Pan Am Travel, an agency focused on upmarket leisure and business travel: “All high end, very elegant and glamorous.
