TWA was the Marilyn Monroe of the airlines: an American icon done in by powerful men who wanted a piece of its magic. Glamorous, tragic, gone before its time. And even though TWA’s demise didn’t ...

This week American rolled out its newest heritage aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 painted in the colors of TWA, in tribute to its predecessor’s historic past. The gesture pleases Laurel Fitzwater ...

American Airlines has rolled out the last of its “Heritage Plane” paint jobs that pay homage to the carriers in its merger family tree. The latest two classic liveries are for TWA and AirCal ...

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 10 -- Executives with American Airlines and TWA Wednesday promised business-as-usual as they integrate operations. TWA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy late Tuesday in Delaware and ...

On Sunday morning, the TWA name will be replaced with that of new owner American Airlines Inc. on airport gates and facilities. TWA flights will be American flights, and TWA's customers will ...

But 20,000 jobs were saved as American Airlines acquired the insolvent Trans World Airlines for $742 million. As the theme from “Star Wars” poured from public address systems, hundreds of TWA ...

“It’s sad,” said Bruce Taylor, a former TWA MD-80 pilot who is now American Airlines’ chief pilot at Dallas. “Tomorrow I will come to work and [for the first time], there will be no more 80 ...

as part of a complex deal in which American would also agree to buy significant assets from US Airways. No deal is certain and the talks may still fall apart. TWA is the nation's eighth-largest ...

CHICAGO - Trans World Airlines Inc. announced yesterday that it has reached an agreement with American Airlines Inc. in which American will acquire substantially all of TWA's assets. At the same ...

William F. Compton, a former TWA pilot who still holds the title of captain, said such a liquidation could come “very quickly.” “My belief is the transaction with American provides the best ...