PAN AM <PN> RECEIVES AIRBUS AIRCRAFT
Pan American World Airways said it
took delivery of the first of 12 A310-300 aircraft on June 17,
becoming the first U.S. airline to receive the engines
developed by the European consortium Airbus Industrie.
    The airline is also the first to take United Technologies
Corp's <UTX> Pratt and Whitney PW4000 engines.
    Pan American said it will intiially use the aircraft on
domestic routes and later for international service. Each
aircraf seats 12 first class passengers, 30 business class, and
162 coach.
  
 Reuter
