Transcontinental & Western Air

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Transcontinental & Western Air was a major early U.S. airline that later evolved into Trans World Airlines (TWA), becoming one of the most prominent international carriers of the 20th century.

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airline ⓘ
defunct airline ⓘ
alsoKnownAs T&WA ⓘ
corporateLineageContinuedAs Trans World Airlines ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateFounded 1930-10-01 ⓘ
fleetType propeller-driven airliners ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Transcontinental Air Transport ⓘ
Western Air Express ⓘ
foundedIn 1930 ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
United States ⓘ
IATAcode TWA ⓘ
industry air transport ⓘ
aviation ⓘ
mainHub Kansas City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
notableFor early transcontinental passenger service in the United States ⓘ
evolving into a major international carrier as TWA ⓘ
operatedAircraftType Douglas DC-2 ⓘ
Douglas DC-3 ⓘ
Lockheed Constellation ⓘ
operatedAsNameUntil 1950 ⓘ
operatedDuring Great Depression era ⓘ
linked to: Great Depression

World War II era ⓘ
operatingRegion North America ⓘ
United States ⓘ
transcontinental routes ⓘ
parentCompany Transcontinental Air Transport and Western Air Express merger entity ⓘ
regulatoryEnvironment regulated by U.S. Civil Aeronautics Authority ⓘ
renamedAs Trans World Airlines ⓘ
roleInHistory major early U.S. trunk airline ⓘ
predecessor of Trans World Airlines ⓘ
safetyInnovation development of modern airline operational procedures ⓘ
serviceType air mail service ⓘ
scheduled passenger flights ⓘ
shortName TWA ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Trans World Airlines ⓘ
successorAirlineBecame major international carrier in the 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Transcontinental Air Transport → mergedInto → Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
Transcontinental Air Transport → successor → Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
Transcontinental Air Transport → formedBrand → Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
Douglas DC-1 → primaryUser → Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
Douglas DC-1 → airlineEvaluation → Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
Douglas DC-2 → airlineOperator → Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra → usedBy → Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
Bristol Britannia → usedBy → Transcontinental and Western Air (charter and cargo operators later) ⓘ
linked to: Transcontinental & Western Air
Bazaar, Kansas → associatedWithAirline → Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
subject linked to: Bazaar, Kansas, United States
Transcontinental Air Transport → mergedInto → Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
subject linked to: TAT
Transcontinental Air Transport → successor → Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
subject linked to: TAT
Northrop Alpha → operator → Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ
Lockheed Model 10 Electra → notableOperator → Transcontinental & Western Air ⓘ