Transcontinental & Western Air

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Transcontinental_&_Western_Air
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:airline
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:T&WA
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1950
gptkbp:fleetSize over 50 aircraft
gptkbp:formedByMergerOf gptkb:Western_Air_Express
gptkb:Transcontinental_Air_Transport
gptkbp:founded 1930
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Kansas_City,_Missouri
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Transcontinental & Western Air
gptkbp:ICAO_code gptkb:TWA
TW
gptkbp:mainHub gptkb:Los_Angeles
gptkb:Newark
gptkb:Kansas_City_Municipal_Airport
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:Douglas_DC-3
gptkb:Lockheed_Constellation
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Jack_Frye
gptkb:Howard_Hughes
gptkbp:notableEvent First all-plane coast-to-coast service in the US
Involved in 1931 Fokker F-10 crash
gptkbp:notableRoute New York to Los Angeles
gptkbp:operated_transcontinental_flights yes
gptkbp:operates gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Trans_World_Airlines
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Trans_World_Airlines
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Trans_World_Airlines
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Western_Air_Express
gptkb:Douglas_DC-1
gptkb:Boeing_307_Stratoliner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6