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Trans World Airlines

defunct airline in the United States (1930–2001)
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Trans World Airlines

Summary

Trans World Airlines is an airline[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,124 views/month, #22 of 2,889).[2]

Key Facts

  • Trans World Airlines is in the country of United States[3].
  • Trans World Airlines's instance of is recorded as airline[4].
  • Trans World Airlines's airline hub is recorded as Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport[5].
  • Trans World Airlines's airline hub is recorded as St. Louis Lambert International Airport[6].
  • Trans World Airlines's airline hub is recorded as Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport[7].
  • Trans World Airlines's airline hub is recorded as Stapleton International Airport[8].
  • Trans World Airlines's airline hub is recorded as John F. Kennedy International Airport[9].
  • Trans World Airlines's airline alliance is recorded as Oneworld[10].
  • Trans World Airlines's item operated is recorded as Douglas DC-1[11].
  • Trans World Airlines's item operated is recorded as Douglas DC-2[12].
  • Trans World Airlines's item operated is recorded as Douglas DC-3[13].
  • Trans World Airlines's item operated is recorded as Douglas DC-4[14].
  • Trans World Airlines's item operated is recorded as Douglas DC-9[15].
  • Trans World Airlines's item operated is recorded as Martin 2-0-2[16].
  • Trans World Airlines's item operated is recorded as Martin 4-0-4[17].
  • Trans World Airlines's item operated is recorded as Convair CV-880[18].
  • Trans World Airlines's item operated is recorded as Lockheed L-049 Constellation[19].
  • Trans World Airlines's item operated is recorded as Lockheed L-749 Constellation[20].
  • Trans World Airlines's item operated is recorded as Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation[21].
  • Trans World Airlines's item operated is recorded as Lockheed L-1649 Starliner[22].
  • Trans World Airlines followed Transcontinental Air Transport[23].
  • Trans World Airlines's headquarters location is recorded as Fort Worth[24].
  • Trans World Airlines's IATA airline designator is recorded as TW[25].
  • Trans World Airlines's ICAO airline designator is recorded as TWA[26].
  • Trans World Airlines's Commons category is recorded as Trans World Airlines[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Began / founded: 1930[28]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2001-12-01[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 11a8d113-c2b0-4c4a-89db-2a431721299d[30]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1926 marks the founding of Trans World Airlines[31]. Its location of formation is recorded as New York City[32].

Identity

Trans World Airlines followed Transcontinental Air Transport[23].

Operations

Trans World Airlines's headquarters location is recorded as Fort Worth[24]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Trans World Corporation[33].

Dissolution

Trans World Airlines was dissolved in 2001[34].

Why It Matters

Trans World Airlines ranks in the top 0.76% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,124 views/month, #22 of 2,889).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

New York City The Aviator United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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