1960s Trans World Airlines

1 1960s

1.1 charles c. tillinghast jr.
1.2 revolutionary airport design

1.2.1 john f. kennedy international airport
1.2.2 kansas city international airport


1.3 all-jet fleet

1960s

in july 1940 twa scheduled flights 22 airports, in august 1953, 65, in may 1968, 63, , in november 1978, 58.

on july 19, 1961, twa first american airline movies aboard aircraft when showed love possessed, starring lana turner , efrem zimbalist, jr. in first-class section of boeing 707 flying new york los angeles.

charles c. tillinghast jr.

twa added convair 880 jet airliner usa-based fleet beginning in 1960.

hughes relinquished power in 1961 in battle on purchase of convair 880 jetliners. in deal, charles c. tillinghast, jr. became chairman , oversaw airline until 1976. battle on hughes control continued until court order in 1966 forced hughes sell stock @ profit of $546 million (which used purchase regional carrier air west , rename airline hughes airwest).

under new management, trans world corporation (twa s holding company) expanded purchase overseas operations of hilton hotels. in 1964, twa started program assist in united states export expansion effort became known twa marketair corporate logo promote business passenger air travel , marketing tool used in air cargo sales. marketing effort initiated senior vice president, marketing, thomas b. mcfadden, in collaboration bureau of international commerce, important u.s. financial institutions, , export expansion entities offer tools small , medium-sized u.s. companies use @ low or no cost expand exports. staff management of program under direction of joseph s. cooper. key element of program marketair newsletter in number of languages targeted american exporters , international travelers.

revolutionary airport design

twa 1 of first airlines, after delta air lines, embrace spoke-hub distribution paradigm , 1 of first boeing 747. planned use 747 along supersonic transport whisk people between west/midwest (via kansas city) , new york city (via john f. kennedy international airport) europe , other world destinations. part of strategy, twa s hub airports have gates close street. twa-style airport design proved impractical when hijackings cuba in late 1960s caused need central security checkpoints.

john f. kennedy international airport


the trans world flight center @ john f. kennedy international airport in new york

in 1962, twa opened trans world flight center, terminal 5 (or t5), @ new york city s jfk airport , designed eero saarinen. terminal expanded in 1969 accommodate jumbo jets, went dormant in 2001, , underwent renovation , expansion beginning in 2005. new terminal crescent-shaped entry hall , serving jetblue airways opened in 2008—partially encircling landmark.

kansas city international airport

kansas city approved $150 million bond issue twa hub there. twa vetoed plans dulles international airport-style hub-and-spoke gate structure. following union strife, airport cost $250 million when opened in 1972, vice president spiro agnew officiating. twa s gates, intended within 100 feet (30 m) of street, became obsolete because of security issues. kansas city refused rebuild terminals dallas-fort worth international airport rebuilt similar terminals, forcing twa new hub. missouri politicians moved keep in state and, in 1982, twa began decade-long move lambert international airport in st. louis.

all-jet fleet

twa operated boeing 707 single-aisle jets in 1960s.



twa operated 100 boeing 727 trijets on usa domestic routes between 1964 , closure of operations.

on april 7, 1967, twa became 1 of usa s first all-jet airlines retirement of last lockheed l-749a constellation , l-1649 starliner cargo aircraft. morning, throughout twa system, aircraft ground-service personnel placed booklet on every passenger seat titled props boats .

in 1967–72, twa world s third-largest airline passenger-miles, behind aeroflot , united. in 1969, twa carried transatlantic passengers of airline; until then, pan american world airways had been number one. in transpacific route case of 1969, twa given authority fly across pacific hawaii , taiwan, , few years, twa had round-the-world network.

in 1969, twa opened breech academy on 25-acre (100,000 m) campus in kansas city suburb of overland park, kansas, train flight attendants, ticket agents, , travel agents, provide flight simulators pilots. became definitive airline facility, training other airlines staff, own.

the airline continued expand european operations in 1960s, 1970s, , 1980s. in 1987, twa had trans-atlantic system reaching los angeles bombay, including virtually every major european population center, 10 united states gateways.