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Pan Am Airlines ceases flights to Costa Rica: A Look Back

Alejandro Zúñiga
By Alejandro Zúñiga
Pan American Airlines
(Tico Times archive photo.)

Pan American World Airways, once one of the most recognized names in the sky, made Costa Rica one of its first international destinations.

A Pan Am route map for its Flying Clipper Ships cited “beautiful girls galore” in Costa Rica (and also wild orchids).

(Via David Rumsey Map Collection.)

Financial struggles forced Pan Am to cut several routes as a cost-cutting measure, and the airline ceased operations for good in 1991.

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