"It's 2009, and we thought we'd be going to the moon on PanAm by now," said John Pike, an analyst who follows the industry at the think tank GlobalSecurity.org.

“现在都2009年了，我们曾以为泛美航空早就能开通月球航班了呢。”供职于智库网站GlobalSecurity.org的分析师约翰·派克说道。

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Libya also took responsibility for acts of terrorism, including the 1988 bombing of a PanAm jet over Lockerbie, and paid compensation to victims' relatives.

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PanAm, meanwhile, has closed for business.

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