Transcontinental and Western Air

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Transcontinental_and_Western_Air
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:airline
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:TWA
gptkbp:category Defunct airline of the United States
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1950
gptkbp:fleetSize gptkb:Douglas_DC-3
gptkb:Lockheed_Constellation
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 and Western Air
gptkbp:ICAO_code TW
gptkbp:mainHub gptkb:Newark_Airport
gptkb:Kansas_City_Municipal_Airport
Los Angeles Municipal Airport
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Jack_Frye
gptkb:Howard_Hughes
Paul E. Richter
Tomlinson Moseley
gptkbp:notableEvent Involved in 1931 Fokker F-10 crash
Acquired by Howard Hughes in 1939
First all-plane coast-to-coast passenger service in the US
gptkbp:operates gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:operatesRoute New York to Los Angeles
gptkbp:parentCompany Trans World Airlines (after 1950)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Trans_World_Airlines
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Transcontinental_Air_Transport
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7