Paninternational

Paninternational
Founded	1968 (as Panair)
Commenced operations	January 1, 1970 (as Paninternational)
Ceased operations	October 6, 1971
Operating bases	Düsseldorf Airport; Munich-Riem Airport;
Fleet size	6
Parent company	Paneuropa
Headquarters	Munich, West Germany

Paninternational was a West German leisure airline headquartered in Munich with bases at Munich-Riem Airport and Düsseldorf Airport.

History

A Paninternational BAC One-Eleven parked at Stockholm Arlanda Airport in 1971

The airline was founded by Munich-based tour operator Paneuropa in 1968 as Panair and started operations on January 1, 1970. After commencing leisure operations within Europe using their new BAC 1-11-515FBs, Paninternational rapidly acquired two Boeing 707-120B pre-owned by American Airlines to expand into long-haul flights.

It ceased operations already on October 6, 1971 in the aftermath of the accident of Flight 112, which gained large media attention and negative publicity.

Fleet

Paninternational operated the following aircraft:^[1]^[2]

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Boeing 707-120B	2	1970	1971
BAC 1-11-515FB	4	1969	1971	One written off as Flight 112
Sud Aviation Caravelle III	1	1969	1969	Leased from Trans-Union

Accident

Paninternational Flight 112: On September 6, 1971, a BAC 1-11-515FB (registered D-ALAR) was lost when it crash-landed on a highway shortly after takeoff from Hamburg Airport on its way to Málaga. 22 passengers and crew were killed in the incident, caused by an unintentional filling of the aircraft's engine water injection system with jet fuel which led to a failure of both engines.^[3]