Pan Am Soars Again: A New Chapter in the Skies

Maybe it’s best to start with the logo. Some airlines have forgettable logos; Pan Am’s has
an all-time great one
, a combination of form and content that evokes the bygone glamour of air travel and a certain dynamic ethos. The last Pan Am flight touched down
in late 1991
, bringing an era of aviation to an end. Or at least, to an end until recently. See, there’s a modern jetliner currently retracing the steps of Pan Am’s classic routes, and there’s a logo on its tail that looks very familiar…

The Points Guy’s Clint Henderson has
more details
on this unlikely airborne return. As Henderson explained, this return to the skies set out from John F. Kennedy International Airport, and was the result of the company that now owns the Pan Am brand teaming up with the travel company Beyond Capricorn, whose
website
speaks of their goal of “[creating] a private jet journey worthy of the Pan Am name.”

In the case of this initial flight, that involved chartering a jet from Icelandair and adding new/old livery to it. This wasn’t a straightforward airport-to-airport voyage. Instead, the flight was part of a larger itinerary for the 50 travelers on board, each of whom had paid, Henderson reports, over $65,000 to be there. The itinerary involved flights to several destinations that hearkened back to classic Pan Am routes, including Bermuda and Marseille.

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This initial voyage involves revisiting Pan Am’s transatlantic itineraries, but a similar trip is planned for 2026 that will cover the Pacific side of things. If the idea of a luxurious trip with stops in San Francisco, Fiji, Tokyo and Auckland sounds appealing, well, Beyond Capricorn has more information on
its website
. That said, that itinerary will come at a premium; prices start at $94,495 per person.