Short turn-around Trans World Airlines

one city centre in downtown st. louis, @ 1 time served headquarters of twa

by 1998, twa had reorganized domestic carrier, routes centered on hubs @ st. louis , new york. partly in response twa flight 800 , age of fleet, twa announced major fleet renewal, ordering 125 new aircraft. twa paid naming rights new trans world dome, home of st. louis rams, in corporate hometown. in june 1994, headquarters moved 1 city centre in downtown st. louis.

twa s fleet-renewal program included adding newer , smaller, more fuel-efficient, longer-range aircraft such boeing 757 , 767 , short-range aircraft such mcdonnell douglas md-80 , boeing 717. aircraft such boeing 727 , 747, along lockheed l-1011 , older dc-9s, ozark , 1960s, retired. twa became 1 of customers airbus a318 through international lease finance corporation. twa, had continued operating through 2003, have been first u.s. carrier fly type.

twa had international code-share agreements royal jordanian airlines, kuwait airways, royal air maroc, air europa, , air malta. in 1997, code-share agreement signed air ukraine plans begin service between paris , kiev 1999. domestic code-share america west airlines started, long-term plans merger considered.

the airlines routes changed; several international destinations dropped or changed. focus of airline became domestic few international routes through st. louis hub , smaller new york (jfk) , san juan, puerto rico hubs. domestically, carrier improved services redesigned aircraft , new services, including pay in coach, fly in first , whereby coach passengers upgraded first class when flying through st. louis. internationally, services cut. european destinations limited london , paris; , in middle east, cairo, riyadh , tel aviv.