What is Trans World Airlines?
{{Infobox airline | airline = Trans World Airlines | image = File:Trans World Airlines Logo.svg | IATA = TW | ICAO = TWA | callsign = TWA | founded = July 16, 1930 (as Transcontinental & Western Air) | ceased = December 1, 2001 (acquired by [[American Airlines]]) | hubs = *[[Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]] *[[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York-JFK]] *Pittsburgh *[[St. Louis Lambert International Airport|St. Louis]] | frequent_flyer = Aviators | subsidiaries = Trans World Express | parent = Trans World Corporation }} '''Trans World Airlines''' ('''TWA''') was one of the largest airlines of the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://avstop.com/history/historyofairlines/twa.htm | title=History of Trans World Airlines (TWA) }}</ref> It stopped flying after it was bought by [[American Airlines]] in 2001, after many financial problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2001/01/10/deals/amr_twa/|title=TWA to be bought by American - Jan. 10, 2001|website=money.cnn.com}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} == Gallery == <gallery> File:TWA Sunken lounge (Quintin Soloviev).jpg|The TWA Hotel File:Wreckage TWA 800.jpg|The wreckage of [[TWA Flight 800]] File:Boeing 707-331, Trans World Airlines - TWA AN0575882.jpg|A [[Boeing 707]] File:McDonnell Douglas MD-82, Trans World Airlines (TWA) JP6356069.jpg|A [[McDonnell Douglas MD-90]] File:Lockheed L-1011-385-1-15 TriStar 100, Trans World Airlines - TWA AN0792126.jpg|A Lockheed Tristar File:TWA Boeing 747-100 N93119 Marmet.jpg|A [[Boeing 747]] File:Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation, Trans World Airlines (TWA) JP5935356.jpg|A Lockheed Constellation </gallery> ==Other Information== {{Commons cat-inline|Trans World Airlines}} [[Category:Airlines of the United States]] [[Category:1925 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:2001 disestablishments in the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in Texas]] [[Category:Fort Worth, Texas]]