Editing Pan Am (section)

===Peak===
At its peak in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Pan Am advertised under the slogan, the "World's Most Experienced Airline".{{sfn|Conrad|1999|p=164}} It carried 6.7 million passengers in 1966, and by 1968, its 150 jets flew to 86 countries on every continent except for [[Antarctica]] over a scheduled route network of 81,410 unduplicated miles (131,000&nbsp;km). During that period, the airline was profitable, and its cash reserves totaled {{FXConvert|USA|1|b|year=1968|index=US-GDP|cursign=$|showdate=no}}.<ref name="PostWar_PanAm_50"/> Most routes were between New York, Europe, and South America, and between Miami and the Caribbean. In 1964, Pan Am began a [[helicopter]] shuttle between New York's [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|John F. Kennedy]], LaGuardia, and [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark]] airports and [[Lower Manhattan]], operated by [[New York Airways]].{{sfn|Burns|2000}} Aside from the DC-8, the Boeing 707 and 747, the Pan Am jet fleet included [[Boeing 720#Further developments|Boeing 720B]]s and [[Boeing 727|727]]s (the first aircraft to sport ''Pan Am'' rather than ''Pan American'' – titles<ref name="PostWar_PanAm_50" />). The airline later had [[Boeing 737]]s and [[Boeing 747SP|747SP]]s (which could fly nonstop from New York to Tokyo), [[Lockheed L-1011 Tristar]]s, [[McDonnell-Douglas DC-10]]s, and [[Airbus A300]]s and [[Airbus A310|A310]]s. Pan Am owned the [[InterContinental|InterContinental Hotel]] chain and had a financial interest in the Falcon Jet Corporation, which held marketing rights to the [[Dassault Falcon 20]] [[business jet]] in North America. The airline was involved in creating a missile-tracking range in the South Atlantic and operating a nuclear-engine testing laboratory in [[Nevada]].{{sfn|Ray|1999|p=184}} In addition, Pan Am participated in several notable humanitarian flights.{{sfn|Burns|2000}}

At its height Pan Am was well regarded for its modern fleet,{{sfn|Conrad|1999|pp=28, 177}} innovative cabin design<ref>{{cite web |url=https://zenodo.org/records/1081955/files/text_2017_05_18_PanAm.pdf |last1=Scholz |first1=Dieter |title=Pan Am's Historic Contributions to Aircraft Cabin Design |date=2017 |doi=10.5281/zenodo.1081954 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>
{{cite book
 |last=Hühne
 |first=Mathias C.
 |date=2016
 |title=Pan Am: History, Design & Identity
 |location=Berlin
 |publisher=Callisto Publishers
 |isbn=978-3-9816550-6-3
 |url=https://www.callisto-publishers.com/project/pan-am-history-design-identity-standard-edition/
}}
</ref> and experienced crews: cabin staff were multilingual and usually college graduates, hired from around the world, frequently with nursing training.{{sfn|Conrad|1999|p=180}} Pan Am's onboard service and cuisine, inspired by [[Maxim's Paris|Maxim's de Paris]], were delivered "with a personal flair that has rarely been equaled."{{sfn|Conrad|1999|p=179}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/19/travel/when-flying-was-caviar.html|title=When Flying Was Caviar|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 1, 2009|last=Kilgannon|first=Corey|date=October 19, 2003}}</ref>