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<text id=91TT2788>
<title>
Dec. 16, 1991: Business Notes:Airlines
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Dec. 16, 1991 The Smile of Freedom
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 60
Business Notes
AIRLINES
Grounded for Good
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<p>"We are very sorry to advise you Pan American Airways has
suspended operation. All flights are canceled..."
</p>
<p> In the end, it was as straightforward as that--a
recorded message greeting passengers when they called the Pan
American World Airways reservation desk last Wednesday. After
64 years, the aviation pioneer was grounded for good. The
airline's five unions had just agreed to $43 million in
concessions, but that was not enough. Pan Am was counting on
Delta Airlines for an additional $25 million. But Delta, which
had come up with $115 million to keep Pan Am flying in recent
weeks in exchange for 45% of the company, refused to pay any
more. Desperate, Pan Am's lawyers and bankers scrambled
fruitlessly for fresh cash, reportedly begging TWA chairman Carl
Icahn for a relatively paltry $15 million in a late-night call.
Fat chance: TWA has said it will seek bankruptcy protection
early next year.
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