One of the most interesting developments in aviation during 2025, was the news that Pan Am Brands, a division of Pan American Global Holdings, and Avi8 Air Capital were looking at the feasibility of relaunching the iconic carrier.
While there has been understandable skepticism, the team behind the relaunch is serious and working towards reestablishing Pan Am as a US Part 121 scheduled carrier.
As part of that momentum, on December 12, 2025, Pan Am announced that it signed an agreement with Avengers Flight Group to provide simulator training services.
Perhaps even more revealing about Pan Am’s plans though, was a social media post by the founder of Pan Am (2025), Ed Wegel, who is also the founder or Urban Mobility and Avi8.
While it was previously confirmed that the new version of Pan Am would operate using an Airbus fleet on December 10, 2025, Wegel made clear that the A320neo was very much part of his plans.
In his post Wegel wrote: “Pan Am is well known for having operated Boeing aircraft- stretching from the B314 Stratocruiser to the B707 and of course the launch customer for the 747. But Pan Am also operated Airbus aircraft, including the A300 and the A310, and placed an order for 50 A320 aircraft in 1987 (this aircraft order and delivery slots was purchased by Northwest- which took delivery- and many of those aircraft operated for Delta after the merger).”
He continued: “We are in a very interesting part of the aircraft cycle now- with problems with the new generation engines from both Pratt and GE resulting in 3 to 6 year old A320 NEOs being parted out to lease the engines to operators whose engines are in early overhaul/repair because of the problems.”
Finally he added: “The new Pan Am will operate the 320 NEO (subject to FAA and DOT approvals of course) at some point in the future when the supply chain issues and engine issues are resolved. Eventually the 320 NEO market will return to some form of ‘normalcy’.”
He closed his statement by thanking Airbus for an initial Pan Am branded rendering of the aircraft.
