TWA (Trans World Airlines)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/TWA_(Trans_World_Airlines)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:airline
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:TWA
gptkbp:callsign	gptkb:TWA
gptkbp:ceased_operations	2001
gptkbp:CEO	gptkb:Carl_Icahn gptkb:Howard_Hughes
gptkbp:destinations_at_peak	over 80
gptkbp:founded	1930
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Aviation_Corporation
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Trans_World_Airlines
gptkbp:headquarters_location	gptkb:Kansas_City,_Missouri
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	TWA (Trans World Airlines)
gptkbp:ICAO_code	gptkb:TWA TW
gptkbp:later_headquarters_location	gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:mainHub	gptkb:John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport gptkb:St._Louis_Lambert_International_Airport
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:American_Airlines
gptkbp:notable_for	first all-jet transcontinental service frequent bankruptcy filings in the 1990s iconic red and white livery involvement in the Jet Age luxury in-flight service major US international carrier pioneering transcontinental flights
gptkbp:notableAircraft	gptkb:Boeing_767 gptkb:aircraft gptkb:Douglas_DC-3 gptkb:McDonnell_Douglas_MD-80 gptkb:Convair_880 gptkb:Douglas_DC-9 gptkb:Lockheed_Constellation gptkb:Lockheed_L-1011_TriStar
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:TWA_Flight_Center_at_JFK
gptkbp:notableDesigner	gptkb:Eero_Saarinen
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:TWA_Flight_514_crash_(1974) gptkb:TWA_Flight_800_crash_(1996) gptkb:TWA_Flight_841_accident_(1979) gptkb:TWA_Flight_847_hijacking_(1985)
gptkbp:parent_company_at_end	gptkb:AMR_Corporation
gptkbp:peakPeriod	over 190
gptkbp:served_continents	gptkb:Africa gptkb:Asia gptkb:Europe gptkb:North_America gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:slogan	Up, up and away with TWA! The Most Comfortable Way to Fly
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Howard_Hughes
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5