Miami International Airport (MIA) will in 2025 gain a PS private terminal via PS’ renovation of the historic Pan Am terminal to allow luxury travelers to avoid the egalitarian experience of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checks in full public view for a more private experience. The PS private terminal will renovate the historic MIA Pan Am Regional Headquarters and build on PS’s successes at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

PS private terminal for affluent travelers

What PS, formerly The Private Suite, has to offer for affluent travelers is summed up on the company’s website:

In plain English, we get you in, we get you out, perfectly. How we do it is stupendously complex, but you’ll never notice. You will notice how we make you feel — secure, satisfied, flat-out delighted. We let you do things no one else can, and our confidence will amplify yours. With us, you transcend compromised, otherwise unavoidable environments. You interact with familiar faces, not screens or machines.

Access to the facilities costs from $995 per person for The Salon up to thousands of dollars for a private suite. Depending on the tier bought, they will get use of a private security screening experience and even a luxury car ride from the PS terminal to the commercial flight or business jet. According to The Points Guy’s 2021 review, the luxury car will wait in case one has to deplane, and then take the passengers back to the PS facility.

private car transfer by PS
Photo: PS

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At the lowest tier, called “The Salon,” passengers can request a spa shower alongside complimentary bites and cocktail beverages, as well as shared transport to the aircraft. One can also upgrade to the “Private Suite” level and have their own suite with a bed, entertainment center, private restrooms and private transportation to an aircraft. However, the suites are not for overnight stays except if a flight is delayed.

The salon at LAX by PS
Photo: PS
private suite at LAX by PS
Photo: PS

For arrivals, there is the option for PS members only of “PS Direct” or a chauffeur direct from the flight to one’s home or lodging. You can have a chef-prepared meal if you wish. However, this option is only available for domestic arrivals due to the obvious needs for customs checks.

Ultimately, as CEO Amina Belouizdad Porter offered in an Aritum podcast,

Yes, we take care of you. But really the feeling of getting to your seat on that plane without feeling like you've macheted through a jungle, that's what we offer.

PS expanding

Expanding to MIA also is part of an expansion plan to include Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in summer 2023 and Dallas Fort-Worth International Airport in spring 2024.

psmiarendering - Rendering of PS Private Terminal at Miami
Graphic: Miami International Airport

The new location created by renovating Pan Am’s historic regional headquarters at MIA has excited Miami leaders. As Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava offered in a statement;

We look forward to welcoming PS MIA and seeing the transformation of this historic building. MIA is a world-class airport, so what better location to offer these wonderful world-class services than Pan Am’s former Miami headquarters, the epicenter of the aviation industry’s golden age.

The former headquarters is also home to the current Pan Am Flight Academy. The Flight Academy is the last surviving part of the historic Pan Am airline, which you can view a Simple Flying YouTube about below:

History of Pan Am

Pan Am, or Pan American Airlines, was a historic legacy airline that flew for over 61 years from 1927 as an airmail service and had its first passenger flight on January 16, 1928. Pan Am grew as an airline serving the Americas, and later transatlantic flights. Sadly, Pan Am was a casualty of cascading financial troubles and declared bankruptcy in 1991.

Ultimately, just as Pan Am offered luxury in aviation, the PS use of a Pan Am facility will return luxury to aviation after many years of increased security and democratized commercial aviation. But only a few can afford such luxury, and many of them can influence aviation policy.

Would you use PS services if money was no object? Let us know in the comments.

Sources: Artium, PS, The Points Guy

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    Miami International Airport
    IATA/ICAO Code:
    MIA/KMIA
    Country:
    United States
    CEO:
    Ralph Cutié
    Passenger Count :
    37,302,456 (2021)
    Runways :
    8L/26R - 2,621m (8,600ft) | 8R/26L - 3,202m (10,505ft) | 9/27 - 3,967m (13,015ft) | 12/30 - 2,853m (9,360ft)
    Terminals:
    North Terminal | Central Terminal | South Terminal