Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Subseries
Title
Communications
Date(s)
- 1919-1989 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This series consists of records pertaining to electronic forms of communication employed by the company, such as radio, computer and satellite. It includes information about: air traffic control systems (ATC), inter-office communication systems, reservation systems, RCA (Radio Corporation of America), IBM (International Business Machines), Panamac (the first worldwide airline reservation management system), Panacom (arranging for the ground support of private aircraft and for services for persons traveling thereon), Panacheck (computerized airline passenger and baggage check-in service), Pantrac (computerized information storage, retrieval and dissemination in connection with cargo being transported by air or transported to and from airports by land and/or sea), and Pan Star. See also “Photographs, Technical Operations” for more photographs pertaining to this series.