But TWA still will be somewhat of a maverick, making the higher fares effective Aug. 30 instead of Thursday, as most competitors plan. However, some carriers, such as Chicago-based United Airlines ...

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committee heard witnesses testify about a proposed merger between American Airlines and TWA. Among the issues addressed were how the merger would ...

Trans World Airlines said yesterday that Jeffrey H. Erickson, a long-time airline industry executive, would join the airline in mid-April as president and chief operating officer. Mr.

Trans World Airlines led the way as one of America's major airlines from 1930 to 2001. The influence TWA has had on the world and locally, is one that history can't ignore.

Two U.S. airlines have come forward to challenge the planned $500-million sale of Trans World Airlines Inc. to American Airlines, saying they could make more attractive offers for TWA’s assets.

American Airlines Inc., in a surprise move, this week is to announce plans to buy financially troubled Trans World Airlines Inc., effectively ending one of the oldest names in U.S. aviation ...

TWA’s birthplace is also its graveyard. This is where the world’s last employee-owned airline came to die in 2001 when TWA merged with American Airlines and its name was retired.

In a last-minute move to ensure control of bankrupt Trans World Airlines, American Airlines yesterday increased its $500 million offer to $742 million, thus gaining TWA's support as the preferred bid.

Sources in the airline industry told ABCNEWS American is expected to announce plans this week to buy the financially troubled TWA for about $2 billion.

TWA is the nation's eighth-largest airline. It has struggled for years and would have to file bankruptcy for a third time before any deal could go forward.

Suddenly, everybody wants to fly TWA. Almost the whole airline business taxis into bankruptcy court this weekend under the aegis of an American Airlines proposal to ground and gobble up 76-year ...

The long storied history of Trans World Airlines ended Wednesday in Roswell, N.M., as American Airlines retired its last TWA MD-80. A number of former TWA pilots flew the jets to their final ...