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At its peak in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Pan Am advertised under the slogan, the “World’s Most Experienced Airline”.^[78] It carried 6.7 million passengers in 1966, and by 1968, its 150 jets flew to 86 countries on every continent except for Antarctica over a scheduled route network of 81,410 unduplicated miles (131,000 km). During that period the airline was profitable and its cash reserves totaled $1 billion.^[69] Most routes were between New York, Europe, and South America, and between Miami and the Caribbean. In 1964 Pan Am began a helicopter shuttle between New York’s John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports and Lower Manhattan, operated by New York Airways.^[68] Aside from the DC-8, the Boeing 707 and 747, the Pan Am jet fleet included Boeing 720Bs and 727s (the first aircraft to sport Pan Am – rather than Pan American – titles^[69]). The airline later had Boeing 737s and 747SPs (which could fly nonstop New York to Tokyo), Lockheed L-1011 Tristars, McDonnell-Douglas DC-10s, and Airbus A300s and A310s. Pan Am owned the InterContinental Hotel chain and had a financial interest in the Falcon Jet Corporation, which held marketing rights to the Dassault Falcon 20 business jet in North America. The airline was involved in creating a missile-tracking range in the South Atlantic and operating a nuclear-engine testing laboratory in Nevada.^[79] In addition, Pan Am participated in several notable humanitarian flights.^[68]

At its height Pan Am was well regarded for its modern fleet^[80] and experienced crews: cabin staff were multilingual and usually college graduates, hired from around the world, frequently with nursing training.^[81] Pan Am’s onboard service and cuisine, inspired by Maxim’s de Paris, were delivered “with a personal flair that has rarely been equaled.”^[82][83]

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