Talk:Trans World Airlines

message: Just watched "ER": is a "TWA" really a "Third World Assasin" (given I'd understood it right)? --Newbie (CH) 20:08, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: ER

message: In the movie The Aviator, there is a reference to a name change for the company. If I remember well it was something like "Trans Western Airlines" before Howard Hughes changes it to Trans World Airlines.
Olivier Mengué | ⇄ 09:53, 2005 Feb 8 (UTC)
:TransContinental & Western Airlines became Trans World —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Randomgbear (talk • contribs) 07:21, 29 March 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name change 

message: (Should the TWA 800 accident be mentioned on this page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.249.84.30 (talk • contribs) 23:40, 22 March 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm amazed it hasn't been already. That omission has been corrected. Skybunny 00:23, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: I feel that the modest mention of flight 800 is appropriate, but considering we just passed the 10 year anniversary, it may be worth noting that the cause of the crash is still speculated greatly by the aviation community (check out the airliners.net forums). It seems that this disaster left a large mark on TWA, particularly since they went out of business only five years after the crash (for reasons not involving the crash IIRC). --StatsJunkie 14:41, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  There were actually two desasters involving TWA 800 and only one is mentioned. I know, you don't believe me, so please check the Wiki-page for the TWA 800 desaster and read right on top that there was another one, about 25 years earlier in Rome with 50 casualties. Shockingly it also involved fumes in empty tanks which exploded (after an engine was ripped off). They were talking about passivating the gases in empty tanks even before that accident, but even 25 years later it was still not done :-(. JB. --92.195.93.119 (talk) 02:34, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mention TWA 800 

message: Template:OTA has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Choster (talk • contribs) 22:58, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  TfD nomination of Template:OTA 

message: I have commented this line:
: many analysts believe the TWA assets were not worth the additional debt inherited from TWA
The reason is that my understanding is that AA only acquired the assets of TWA, and not the liabilities. Do we have sources pointing in either direction? —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 03:51, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Commented section re: AA assuming debt 

message: Shouldn't these two fields be set to null since TWA, technically, has no planes and no destinations?
mnw2000 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mnw2000 (talk • contribs) 20:53, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fleet Size and Destinations 

message: I think adding this is relevant to TWA history, the results says by itself. Is there any problem?
Dayniac 14:07, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mention Karabu deal 

message: Actually Air India claims to be the first all jet airline when they went all jet in 1962. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Premkudva (talk • contribs) 11:29, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes but the article states that TWA went all jet in 1967 which is 5 years after Air India. So even if Air India claimed it was the first all jet airline, it no doubt beat TWA by 5 years didnt it? 74.112.123.80 02:11, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  World's first all jet fleet 

message: The article needs some polish.  There's duplicated info, it's not clear when name changes occured, "TWA" is mixed with "T&WA" with no apparent pattern.-- Randall Bart 19:43, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The narrative doesn't flow too well.  It's choppy in places, especially where there are too many very short paragraphs.  Unless I hear objections I would like to start some copy editing to help polish it up a bit. - Itsfullofstars 05:53, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  cleanup 

message: I removed the link "TWAspirit." It redirects to www.paulrichtertwalegend.com, a link that had already once been deleted. Clipper471 06:16, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree.  It's a personal website written by a relative of the subject.  Per WP:RS/WP:V, self-published/personal websites should really be avoided. Leuko 02:33, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: I notice from the BBC News "This day in history" page, that TWA was the victim of an attempted extortion across it's fleet that resulted in one of it's 707 being blown up on the stand in Las Vegas. This would seem a fairly note-worthy event as it was targeted specifically at TWA and wonder what the views are about including it?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/8/newsid_4268000/4268151.stm
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720308-0&lang=en
Mapryan 13:02, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Extortion attempt

message: THERE IS NEVER ANY MENTION OF TWA AND WHAT THEIR DOING. THEIR STOCK WAS BOUGHT UP BY AA AND NEVER MENTIONS TWA. THEIR STOCK IS ALMOST GONE. WHY DOESN'T AA INVEST ANY MONEY INTO TWA TO HELP STOCK HOLDERS.
Shhhhhh Shhhhhh, Deep breaths, Deep Breaths. TaylorLTD 22:21, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WHAT IS HAPPENING TO TWA AS A AIR LINE 

message: I haven't edited here in more than a year after signficantly changing the structure of the article so its history was more chronological.  I was shocked to see the most of the American Airlines takeover material nuked.  The heading made no sense (TWA went into bankruptcy as part of the AA takeover) and the section made references to material not in the article.  I have restored a section from May 2007.  Americasroof 01:54, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Details of American Airlines takeover 

message: We should add a section on accidents and incidents.  American Airlines is an example.  The incidents are listed on the heading of this section.  Americasroof 02:00, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by airline]]

message: I would be interested in seeing a section on the TWA page that would explain what happened to the TWA Frequent Flyer Program miles accrued by TWA customers.
I have a membership account number from the TWA Frequent Flyer Program.  My guess is that it is from the mid-to-late 80's or very early 90's.  What was the name of the program?  What did American Airlines do with all those unclaimed banked miles when they acquired TWA?  Were they the type of banked miles that had no expiration date?  American AAdvantage Miles Program customer service person told me today that customers had to request moving the miles from TWA to AA at the time of the merger, otherwise they were forfeited.  I wonder.
Thank you.
(Grandvale (talk) 02:58, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  TWA Frequent Flyer Program 

message: Who is writing actions of the past tense as' Howard Hughes was to...' are any other singular past action 'was to do something'.  Are you native speakers or just forgetful of basic English composition?
Should be an easy fix.
((Anon) 04:02, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Grammar, usage, and style

message: As in other articles about airlines, i think that there should be an accidents and incidents section.--98.151.241.73 (talk) 03:38, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What else happened? 

message: "TWA survived partly due to the airline's legal maneuvering of the 1940s that eliminated a possible competitive threat from American Overseas Airlines, affiliated with American Airlines, relegating them to non-scheduled charter service only and eventually forcing them out of all European–U.S. service by 1950."
This is mostly wrong-- is it entirely wrong? AOA merged into Pan Am circa 1950; aside from being allowed into London, did TWA benefit from that merger? Did they force the merger or anything else? Tim Zukas (talk) 01:20, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  TWA and AOA 

message: I am fairly certain that Howard Hughes was a very accomplished pilot, so saying that Frye's departure ended the era of flyers running TWA is incorrect.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.81.94.68 (talk) 18:00, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Airline Run By Flyers

message: While two newer logos are shown, there's no mention of the original logo designed by famed industrial designer, Raymond Loewy.  DavidRavenMoon (talk) 14:04, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Original TWA Logo

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message: I put in a little about the part of Pittsburgh Aviation Industries Corp. in the founding of TWA. They clearly had a part, but I'm not quite sure whether it is fair to say that they merged with the other companies. As best as I can see, they invested in it, and certain assets of PAIC were put into the company, but PAIC continued as an independent company and in fact eventually formed part of other airlines. It might need to be reworded after someone with better clue on the matter reviews the sources. Basically the stock was split 47.5 - 47.5 - 5, with PAIC being the 5%. Brianyoumans (talk) 18:32, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  PAIC