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From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: February 12, 1999| Author: The Miami Herald | Copyright information

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Feb. 13 -- GULFSTREAM TO FLY PAN AM AIR BRIDGE PASSENGERS: Pam Am Air Bridge, grounded Wednesday by a court-appointed trustee, has formed a temporary management agreement with Gulfstream International, another Florida-Bahamas airline, to get the historic Air Bridge flying again.

Thomas P. Cooper, a lawyer for the 25-plane Gulfstream, said the airline's mechanics were doing safety checks on the Air Bridge seaplanes and hoped ...

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