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Published Date: 3/21/97
Company Name: Trans World Airlines
Address: 515 N. 6th St.
St. Louis, MO 63101
Main Telephone
Number: 314/589-3000
Chief Executive
Officer: Acting CEO: Gerald Gitner
Investor Relations
Contact: Dave Garino
Business number: 314/982-0551
Public Relations
Contact: John McDonald
Business number: 314/589-3214
URL Address: www.TWA.com
Trading Symbol: ASE: TWA
Industry: Airline
Company description: Background A pioneer in commercial aviation, TWA was founded in 1925 as Western Air Express. In 1930, Western Air merged with Transcontinental Air Transport and became Transcontinental & Western Air (T&WA). In 1950 the corporate name was changed to Trans World Airlines Trans World Airlines, commonly known as TWA, was a major American airline company that was acquired by American Airlines in April 2001. For many years it was headquartered at the Kansas City Downtown Airport, as well as midtown Manhattan in New York City. , Inc. Employees TWA employs approximately 24,000 people in the U.S. and approximately 900 overseas, primarily in Europe and the Middle East. Service TWA and TWE TWE Test of Written English TWE ThinkWave Educator (teacher productivity application) TWE That Was Easy TWE tap water enema TWE Threat Warning Equipment TWE Transitional Work Experience TWE Triangle Wind Ensemble (Trans World Express Trans World Express (TWE) was the express/regional carrier for Trans World Airlines. When TWA was bought by American Airlines, the Trans World Express carriers became affiliated with American Airlines under the name AmericanConnection. , the airline's network of regional commuter service operated by Trans States Airlines Trans States Airlines is an American regional airline based in St. Louis, Missouri. It operates as American Connection for American Airlines, United Express for United Airlines and US Airways Express for US Airways. Inc.) serve more than 100 destinations in the United States, Caribbean, Mexico, Canada and 12 destinations in Europe and the Middle East. TWA maintains its principal domestic hub in St. Louis and is the largest carrier there, with more than 500 daily departures (TWA and TWE combined). TWA also operates an international and domestic hub at John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with feeder service provided by TWE. Forty cities in the Midwest and Northeast are served by TWE. TWA also has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with Transbrasil Airlines and Royal Jordanian Airline for code-share services to South America and the Middle East. These services are subject to government approval, and may begin in early 1997. Annual Sales (1995): $3.3 billion CONTACT: Trans World Airlines INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TRAVEL/AIRLINES REPEATS: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of 212-752-9600 or 800-221-2462; Boston 617-236-4266 or |
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