Tweets about TWA (Trans World Airlines) We've posted 57 Tweets about this airline

Before people carried around cell phones in their pockets that automatically updated to the current time zone, airlines gave out convenient time converters to passengers on international flights. Have you been to any locations on this card? #52Objects #Timezones #TWA #AvGeek This tweet was posted on February 13, 2023.

TWA was purchased by American financier Carl Icahn in the 1980s, though the company struggled in the post airline-deregulation era. The airline filed for bankruptcy three times between 1992 and 2001, when it was acquired by American Airlines. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.

In 1971, TWA introduced a new flight attendant uniform conceived by Valentino Garavani in preparation for their Lockheed L-1011 TriStar delivery. In 1972, the airline proclaimed the L-1011 to be “the next generation of the jet age.” #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.

Around the same time, in 1962, TWA opened their iconic terminal, the Trans World Flight Center, designed by Eero Saarinen, at New York International Airport, later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.

In the early 1960s, TWA (Trans World Airlines) was operating the 707-320 on the transpolar, route from Los Angeles to Paris. By 1969, TWA 707s were also flying transpacific routes to Asia. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 15, 2022.

In 1957, TWA inaugurated the transpolar great-circle route to Europe from Los Angeles and San Francisco with the Lockheed 1649 Starliner. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.

TWA launched Lockheed L-1049G transatlantic service to Europe in November 1955. The aircraft had the range to fly across the Atlantic nonstop. #TWA’s “Super Gs” featured comfortable, luxurious interiors that included a lounge, sleeping berths, & colorful murals. #DefunctThursday This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.

Several months later, TWA extended service to Rome, Athens, Lisbon, and Madrid with Lockheed 049 Constellations. In 1950, the company changed its name to Trans World Airways, retaining its well-known initials. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.

Until WWII, Transcontinental and Western Air Inc (TWA) primarily operated domestic passenger and mail services in the U.S. In early 1946, TWA inaugurated transatlantic services from NY to Paris and Frankfurt with Lockheed 049 Constellations. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 08, 2022.

Designed in complete secrecy under Lockheed’s chief research engineer, the 049 Constellation developed into an extremely fast, highly advanced, & revolutionary large-capacity airliner with a unique dolphin-shaped fuselage and distinctive tripletail. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.

During the late 1930s, TWA, under the leadership of its visionary controlling shareholder Howard Hughes, requested that the Lockheed Aircraft Company of Burbank, CA, produce a fast, large-capacity, pressurized airliner. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.

Transcontinental and Western Air Inc (TWA) was founded in July 1930 through a merger of several airlines and was one of the first airlines to offer transcontinental service. #DefunctThursday #avgeek #TWA This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.