Pan America has been defunct for over a decade. So residents were a little surprised when a plane with the Pan America logo arrived at the Bermuda International Airport this weekend.

Airport general manager, James Howes, said the flight brought tourists to Bermuda as part of TNT Vacations? $49 roundtrip vacation deal. TNT is bringing tourists from New York and Boston to Bermuda for a long weekend until mid April.

Pan American Airways, commonly called Pan Am, was one of the US?s main international airlines until it filed for bankruptcy in 1991. It was one of the first airlines to widely use jet air crafts, jumbo jets and computerised reservation systems. The company also became an American icon.

Due to its iconic status it was targeted by Libyan terrorists in 1988 when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up while flying over Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, killing 270 people. After the attack many travellers chose to fly other airlines. Families of the victims also slapped Pan Am with a $300 million lawsuit that caused the airline to sell off a number of its most lucrative routes. The final blow to Pan Am was the Gulf War, which severely reduced the number of transatlantic flights. On August 19, 1991 the company filed for bankruptcy. Since filing for bankruptcy a number of companies have taken over Pan Am planes and the company?s logo. Currently flights with the Pan Am logo are being used by the TNT Vacations Group. Mr. Howes said the air plane was stuck in Bermuda until Monday because of the blizzard that hit much of the east coast of America.