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Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas City, and other stops, with Ford Trimotors.
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This operation was later sold by Trans World Corporation while under the leadership of Charles C. Tillinghast Jr. the CEO of TWA and the first known to receive a golden parachute employment contract. In 1983, Trans World Corporation, under Chief Executive Officer L. Edwin Smart, spun off Trans World Airlines [2] [3] to Carl C. Icahn, [citation ...
The following is a list of defunct airlines of the United States.However, some of these airlines have ceased operations completely, changed identities and/or FAA certificates and are still operating under a different name (e.g. America West Airlines changed to use the identity of US Airways in 2005 – which itself also changed identity to American Airlines in 2015).
Trans World Connection was an affiliated brand name with Trans World Airlines beginning in September 1999. Other regional and commuter airlines operated code sharing service for TWA as Trans World Express. The brand ended in December 2001, after American Airlines acquired the assets of TWA.
Trans World Airlines (TWA) Trans World Connection, a affiliated brand name of the airline; Trans World Corporation, a holding company for the airline; Trans World Express, a regional carrier for the airline; Transworld Associates, a fiber optic undersea cable in Pakistan; Trans World Communications, a defunct UK radio broadcasting company
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In 1998, the company announced that it would sell three of its subsidiaries and focus solely on the core airline businesses. AMR purchased Trans World Airlines (TWA) in 2001, for $742 million. With the acquisition, American became the largest airline in the world and surpassed United Airlines. [5]