Trans World Airlines (TWA)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Trans_World_Airlines_(TWA)

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:airline
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Trans_World_Connection gptkb:Trans_World_Express
gptkbp:callsign	gptkb:TWA
gptkbp:ceased_operations	2001
gptkbp:fleetSize	190 (at peak)
gptkbp:founded	1930
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Howard_Hughes
gptkbp:headquarters_location	gptkb:Kansas_City,_Missouri gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Trans World Airlines (TWA)
gptkbp:ICAO_code	gptkb:TWA TW
gptkbp:mainHub	gptkb:John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport gptkb:Kansas_City_International_Airport gptkb:St._Louis_Lambert_International_Airport
gptkbp:majorCity	over 80 (at peak)
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:American_Airlines
gptkbp:notableAircraft	gptkb:Boeing_767 gptkb:aircraft gptkb:Douglas_DC-3 gptkb:McDonnell_Douglas_MD-80 gptkb:Lockheed_Constellation gptkb:Lockheed_L-1011_TriStar
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:TWA_Flight_Center_at_JFK_Airport
gptkbp:notableCompetitor	gptkb:American_Airlines gptkb:Delta_Air_Lines gptkb:United_Airlines gptkb:Pan_American_World_Airways gptkb:Eastern_Air_Lines
gptkbp:notableEmployee	gptkb:Charles_Lindbergh gptkb:Jack_Frye gptkb:Ralph_Damon gptkb:Howard_Hughes
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:TWA_Flight_800_crash_(1996) gptkb:TWA_Flight_847_hijacking_(1985) gptkb:TWA_Flight_2-United_Flight_718_collision_(1956) gptkb:TWA_Flight_841_incident_(1979)
gptkbp:notableFor	First transcontinental flights in the US Luxury international service
gptkbp:operates	gptkb:Africa gptkb:Asia gptkb:Caribbean gptkb:Europe gptkb:Middle_East gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:parentCompany	gptkb:American_Airlines
gptkbp:slogan	Up, up and away with TWA! The Most Comfortable Way to Fly
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:American_Airlines
gptkbp:TWA_Flight_Center_architect	gptkb:Eero_Saarinen
gptkbp:TWA_Hotel_location	gptkb:JFK_Airport,_New_York
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lockheed_Constellation gptkb:TWA_Hotel
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6