LC control no. | n 50080338 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Trans World Airlines |
Variant(s) | TWA Trans World Airlines, inc. |
See also | Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. Ozark Air Lines |
Beginning date | 1925 |
Ending date | 2001 |
Found in | Its Stories behind the pictures, 1944. Its Annual report, 1950: t.p. (Trans World Airlines; TWA) Wikipedia WWW, Mar. 2, 2009 (Ozark Air Lines is a former commercial airline that operated in the U.S. from 1950 until 1986, when it was purchased by Trans World Airlines; Ozark and TWA had a de facto duopoly at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, a hub for both; on Mar. 1 1986, the two airlines announced plans to merge: TWA would buy Ozark; shareholders of both airlines approved the merger by late summer, and the U.S. Dept. of Transportation gave its approval on Sept. 12, 1986; Ozark ceased to exist as an independent company on Oct. 27, 1986) English Wikipedia website, viewed May 31, 2012 (Trans World Airlines (TWA) was an American airline that existed from 1925 until it was bought out by and merged with American Airlines in 2001. It was a major domestic airline in the United States and the main U.S.-based competitor of Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) on intercontinental routes from 1946 until deregulation in the late 1970s) |
Not found in | Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. Annual report, 1947: t.p. (Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.) |