Pan Am returns to the skies stopping in Lisbon as part of €52k nostalgia-filled transatlantic tour
By Euronews
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For those who noticed a Pan Am aeroplane within the skies over Lisbon this week, you were not seeing a ghost. A particular commemorative Pan Am flight handed over the Portuguese capital on Thursday.
The airplane, which was flying the Tracing the Transatlantic route, landed yesterday night at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport, the place it is going to stay till Saturday.
This flight makes an attempt to recreate the corporate’s historic routes. It left New York on Tuesday, then handed by Bermuda earlier than arriving in Lisbon.
Additionally on the itinerary are the cities of Marseille in France, London in the UK and Foynes in Eire. Its return to New York is scheduled for 28 June.
A dream journey for nostalgic passengers
Within the Portuguese capital, passengers stayed on the Ritz Resort and skilled a night of fado music.
It is a dream journey for these nostalgic for the golden days of transatlantic aviation. The 50 or so passengers are travelling in enterprise class, consuming chef-cooked meals and ingesting at an open bar, similar to within the outdated days.
All, in fact, served by stewardesses within the firm’s iconic blue uniform.
The value of the tickets additionally predates the period of low-cost aviation, round €52,000 per individual. Even so, these liable for organising the nostalgia journey say they weren’t troublesome to promote.
Pan American World Airways was the biggest US airline working worldwide flights, however went bankrupt in 1991.
Then, final yr, businessman Craig Carter and different buyers purchased the model. For now, they’re reviving it by promoting merchandise and luxurious journey experiences like this one.
For this primary journey, they used an Icelandair aeroplane, which was suitably tailored, and in addition the corporate’s crew.
