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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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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.
Charles C. Tillinghast Jr. was born in Saxtons River, Vermont on January 30, 1911. He was the son of Charles Carpenter Tillinghast, Sr. (1884-1961). He attended Horace Mann School and Brown University, where he played football, graduating in 1932.
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
William John "Jack" Frye (March 18, 1904 – February 3, 1959) was an American aviation pioneer in the airline industry. He founded Standard Air Lines which eventually took him into a merger with Trans World Airlines (TWA). He is credited for turning TWA into a world-class airline during his tenure as president from 1934 to 1947.
David Klein (February 23, 1918 – December 9, 2005) was an American artist, best known for his influential work in advertising. Although he produced illustrations for Broadway theatrical productions, Hollywood films, the United States Army, and numerous corporate clients, Klein is best remembered for the iconic travel images he created for Howard Hughes and Trans World Airlines (TWA) during ...
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 ...