Pan American Airways (also known as Pan Am III) was a

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that operated scheduled services in the eastern US, as well as charters for tour operators and services to the

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12–18 April 2005 and to

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History

The Pan Am brand was sold by the second incarnation of

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-based

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, a

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company headed by

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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

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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

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, the Canadian Maritimes and

. The focus was on secondary airports such as

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, Pease International Airport and

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. The new owners relocated the company headquarters from

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in December 1998. Pan American later had cooperative service arrangements with

Boston-Maine Airways Boston-Maine Airways was an American airline headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. It operated scheduled commuter services as well as Boeing 727 jet flights under the Pan Am Clipper Connection name. Its main base was Pease ...

, a feeder subsidiary incorporated by the airline in March 1999. Pan American also established in 2003 a subsidiary

PAWA Dominicana PAWA Dominicana (legally ''Pan Am World Airways Dominicana'') was the international flag carrier of the Dominican Republic. It was created as a subsidiary airline for Pan American Airways. This airline had scheduled flights between Santo Domingo ...

, operating under a joint venture with Boston-Maine Airways. Guilford ceased operating Pan Am on November 1, 2004, and its operations were transferred to

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Boeing 727-2J0-Adv, Pan American Airways - Pan Am AN0618049

Pan Am operated a fleet of 7

s. These aircraft were the following: *N342PA (Clipper Guilford), *N343PA ("Bahamas Clipper"), *N346PA ("Clipper Lady Thatcher"), *N348PA ("Clipper Ed Ball"), *N349PA ("Clipper Juan Trippe"), *N361PA ("Clipper A. Jay Cristol") *N362PA (Also known as "Clipper Lady Thatcher"/"Clipper Omagh").

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pan American Airways (1998-2004) Pan Am Defunct airlines of the United States Airlines established in 1998 Re-established companies Companies based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire Airlines disestablished in 2004 Defunct companies based in New Hampshire

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