1990s
Pan Am Employees & Customers
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Please note that Pan Am ceased operations in December of 1991.  For that reason there are fewer images of
Pan Am employees and customers in this decade.


1990s Pan Am Flight Attendants assist customers in the economy cabin of an Airbus A310
1990 The First Class Compartment with Sleeperette seats on a Pan Am Airbus A310.
1990s A flight attendant serving customers in the First Class cabin of a Pan Am Airbus A310. Pan Am used the long range, medium sized A310s to offer nonstop service from New York to smaller European cities such as Warsaw, Budapest, Oslo & Helsinki.
1991 In the mid 1980s Pan Am began to hire foreign national flight attendants. Small bases were established in Poland, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Kenya and India. Not only did this reduce hourly labor costs it also cut down on hotel layover costs and ensured sufficient local language skills on flights to those countries. Here a group of Delhi based flight attendants wait in Frankfurt to board Pan Am flight 66 a 747 from New York that continued on to India.
1991 An India based Flight Attendant greets customers boarding in Delhi traveling to the United States.
1991 Pan Am's Frankfurt ground staff perform a pre-boarding security scan in the economy cabin of a 747.
1991 A Pan Am crew assigned to a White House 'Press Charter' flight pose for a picture on the stairs with their 747 in the background.
1990 A Pan Am 'Clipper Class' (business class) cabin with 6 across luxury seating.
1991 Pan Am 'Fleet Service' staff in Frankfurt clean the economy cabin of a 747 prior to customer boarding.
1990, December, A young soldiar sleeps in the Economy Cabin of a Pan Am 747 en route to Saudi Arabia to participate in Operation Desert Storm.
1990, December, A group of soldiar unload luggage from a 747 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia as Pan Am delivers another group of soldiars to participate in Operation Desert Storm.
1990, December, As Pan Am delivers one group of soldiars to Desert Storm another group is able to fly home.
1990, December, En route home from Desert Storm a military officer enjoys a cup of coffee and the company of the crew in the first class cabin of a Pan Am 747.
1991, October, Flight Attendants, left to right, Nancy Hite Speck and Judy Skartvedt pose in the engine of a Pan Am Airbus A310 on the ramp in Rome, Italy.
1991, October, flight attendants, left to right, Judy Skartvedt, Jan Pope, unnamed pilot, and Doris Burke pose in the engine of a Pan Am Airbus A310 on the ramp in Rome Italy.
1991 Ocober, Left to right, flight attendants Judy Donaghy, Judy Skartvedt, Jan Pope, Nancy Hite Speck pose by a Pan Am Airbus A310 on the ramp in Rome, Italy.
1991, October, A Mechanic & flight attendant Judy Skartvedt pose on the ramp in Rome, Italy.
Kelly Cusack & Cecilia Kumar Marine Air Terminal 8-91
1991 Three generations of Pan Am flight attendant uniforms. On the left is Pan Am's final uniform. Originally designed by Adolfo in the 1980s and later modified to include the round neck tie pictured. The 1970s Edith Head uniform with signature red, white and blue scarf is worn by the flight attendant on the right (in Pan Am blue) and second from left (Navy Blue). The early 1960s uniform designed by Don Loper is seen on the flight attendant second from the right.
1991 Within a few days of Pan Am's final flight in December employees gathered at the company's former flying boat base at Dinner Key in Miami, Florida for a memorial to the company. Everybody wore their uniforms one last time.
1991 Within a few days of Pan Am's final flight in December employees gathered at the company's former flying boat base at Dinner Key in Miami, Florida for a memorial to the company. Everybody wore their uniforms one last time.
1991 Within a few days of Pan Am's final flight in December employees gathered at the company's former flying boat base at Dinner Key in Miami, Florida for a memorial to the company. Everybody wore their uniforms one last time.
In 1994 a plaque was dedicated to the memory of Pan Am in the lobby of what had been the Pan Am Building and is now the Met Life Building. Pan Am employees were invited to participate and encouraged to wear old uniforms. Madeline Cuniff, Pan Am's first female flight attendant can be seen in the red scarf posing with former colleagues at the dedication.
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