Exactly what it says on the tin. What would be needed to Keep Pan Am flying to the present day? Extra credit if you keep them the dominant force in air travel.
Merger of TWA and Pan Am in 1969 where the Pan Am name is kept. PA desperately needed domestic routes but was continuously denied because of it's utter dominance in int'l travel. Merging TWA into PA, would be the ticket.
Also the new PA might have to reduce it's number of 747 orders from 36 to a max. of 12-15 aircraft. Have the 707s committed to all thin long haul routes, dump the JT4 powered 707s onto the used market or trade them in for additional 727-200s.
Reduce the number of L1011 Tristars or keep the original number and phase out all 707s from the fleet by 1973/74.
Have only 727 and 747 Freighters for the Cargo network get rid of the 707s.
Keep the 747SP orders.
Do not order the L1011-500s.
Do not buy National.
Establish fortress hub in Miami after 1980.
Keep TWA Kansas/St. Louis hub dominance.
Establish SFO as major Pac gateway.
Keep JFK hub, reinforce ORD hub.
Do not order the L1011-500s.
Would buying A300 instead helpful? Or would it be political ASB at the time.
I would agree with THE OBSERVER that not purchasing National Airlines would be a good idea. Though that leaves the problem of lack of domestic feed to its international network unsolved, which was a primary motivator in the National purchase.
Extending on that, is there any plausible POD where Pan Am could slowly build a domestic feeder network starting in the 1960s without having to outright take over another airline?
Extending on that, is there any plausible POD where Pan Am could slowly build a domestic feeder network starting in the 1960s without having to outright take over another airline?
With that username, I expect this is a topic quite close to your heart.
I would consider no deregulation as good enough. Air travel in the US just went down hill after that.