Trans World Airlines

E102321
airline defunct airline

Trans World Airlines was a major American international airline that operated from 1930 to 2001, known for its extensive global route network and iconic presence in U.S. commercial aviation.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Trans World Airlines canonical 11
TWA 6
Trans World Express 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airline ⓘ
defunct airline ⓘ
abbreviation Trans World Airlines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: TWA
acquiredBy American Airlines ⓘ
acquisitionYear 2001 ⓘ
allianceStatus independent (not a founding member of major alliances) ⓘ
callsign Trans World Airlines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: TWA
ceasedOperations 2001 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
fleetType Boeing 707 ⓘ
Boeing 727 ⓘ
Boeing 747 ⓘ
Convair 880 ⓘ
Douglas DC-3 ⓘ
Douglas C-54 Skymaster ⓘ
surface form: Douglas DC-4

McDonnell Douglas DC-9 ⓘ
surface form: Douglas DC-9-15

Lockheed L-1011 TriStar ⓘ
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 ⓘ
McDonnell Douglas MD-80 ⓘ
formerName Transcontinental Air Transport ⓘ
surface form: Transcontinental & Western Air
founded 1930 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Kansas City International Airport ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis
IATAcode TW ⓘ
ICAOcode Trans World Airlines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: TWA
industry aviation ⓘ
keyPerson Carl Icahn ⓘ
Howard Hughes ⓘ
legalForm corporation ⓘ
mergedInto American Airlines ⓘ
notableFor extensive global route network ⓘ
iconic presence in U.S. commercial aviation ⓘ
notableRoute New York–London ⓘ
New York–Paris ⓘ
New York–Rome ⓘ
operatedAs legacy carrier ⓘ
major U.S. international carrier ⓘ
operatedEra 20th century ⓘ
operatedService domestic flights in the United States ⓘ
intercontinental flights ⓘ
transatlantic flights ⓘ
primaryHub John F. Kennedy International Airport ⓘ
Kansas City International Airport ⓘ
St. Louis Lambert International Airport ⓘ
servedRegion Asia ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North America ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boeing 747SP → primaryUser → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
Idlewild Airport → hasHubAirline → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
Carl Icahn → knownForInvestmentIn → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
this entity surface form: TWA
TWA Flight Center → client → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
TWA Flight Center → airlineServed → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
Boeing 707 → notableOperator → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
Trans States Airlines (historically) → operatedAsBrand → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
subject surface form: Trans States Airlines
this entity surface form: Trans World Express
Trans States Airlines (historically) → operatedForAirline → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
subject surface form: Trans States Airlines
Chautauqua Airlines (historically) → operatedAs → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
subject surface form: Chautauqua Airlines
this entity surface form: Trans World Express
Chautauqua Airlines (historically) → operatedAsFeederFor → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
subject surface form: Chautauqua Airlines
Howard Hughes → owned → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
Fred Trump Jr. → employer → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
Trans World Airlines → ICAOcode → Trans World Airlines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: TWA
Trans World Airlines → callsign → Trans World Airlines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: TWA
Trans World Airlines → abbreviation → Trans World Airlines self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: TWA
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar → majorOperator → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
this entity surface form: TWA
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 → primaryUser → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
this entity surface form: TWA
Convair 880 → primaryUser → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
Sleeping Beauty (Cheech & Chong album) → hasPart → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
this entity surface form: “T.W.A. (Trans World Airlines)”
Sleeping Beauty (Cheech & Chong album) → sideBContains → Trans World Airlines ⓘ
this entity surface form: “T.W.A. (Trans World Airlines)”
Trans World Dome → sponsoredBy → Trans World Airlines ⓘ