American Airlines Inc., in a surprise move, this week is to announce plans to buy financially troubled Trans World Airlines Inc., effectively ending one of the oldest names in U.S. aviation ...

TWA’s birthplace is also its graveyard. This is where the world’s last employee-owned airline came to die in 2001 when TWA merged with American Airlines and its name was retired.

ST. LOUIS — Trans World Airlines is long gone from St. Louis. But there was a time when the airline had the city's St. Louis Lambert International Airport bustling with passengers. Now, one of ...

TWA is hiring again: Trans World Airlines Inc. plans to hire 2,100 workers in 1996, including the company’s first new flight attendants in two years. Although many of the new workers will fill ...

Boeing responded by developing the Boeing 247 for United Airlines. TWA required a similar aircraft and asked airplane makers to design them a three-engined, 12-seat aircraft of all metal construction.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports American Airlines is in talks to acquire Trans World Airlines, as part of a complex deal in which American would also agree to buy significant assets from US Airways. No ...

Late FedEx founder and leader Fred Smith is remembered as a hands-on executive with an uncanny eye for aircraft deals.

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Trading of Trans World Airlines (TWA) shares was halted for most of the day Monday after reports circulated that American Airlines would add the venerable carrier to its hangar.

Trans World Airlines. Founded as Transcontinental Air Transport in 1929, Trans World Airlines was Kansas City’s first, operating out of what is now the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport.

American Airlines won the bidding for Trans World Airlines in federal bankruptcy court yesterday, triggering what may be the first step toward a final round of industry consolidation under airline ...