And, of course, that necessary adjunct quickly came to demand interstate connections. Pan American Airways started service overseas from the States in 1927 and had routes to Latin America by 1931. But not until June 1940 did the airline start clipper service between Seattle and Ketchikan and Juneau. From there, connections were available to Fairbanks, Nome, and Bethel via Pan American’s subsidiary, Pacific-Alaska Airways, which had purchased the equipment and routes of a number of Alaskan operations. This was a major event and Alaska’s first transportation link to the continental United States
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