Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA) was originally part of Pan Am World Airways. Pan Am World Airways began life in 1927 operating on a single route from Key West to Havana. From this beginning came the airline that would literally open the world to aviation. Pan Am launched more new aircraft development than any other airline in history. It pioneered routes across the world's oceans and continents, eventually operating daily flights circling the globe.
In 1991, Pan Am World Airways ceased its operations, but it’s highly successful simulator training operation was sold to private investors and became the genesis of Pan Am International Flight Academy.