The DC-8 series, including Series 30 and 40, were the first to use turbojet engines with 17,500-pound thrust. The Series 50 was the first to be powered by new, more efficient turbofan jet engines ...

TWA has 20,000 employees. They will be out of work if the American deal is rejected. US Airways, which has argued that it is too small to survive in the long run without a strong merger partner ...

TWA filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware in January to speed the sale to AMR. With the acquisition, AMR is set to move past UAL Corp.'s United Airlines to become the largest carrier.

The wreckage of TWA Flight 800 in Ashburn, Virginia, which has served as a training tool for thousands of transportation investigators, will be decommissioned.

AMR eyes TWA purchase January 8, 2001: 5:58 p.m. ET ... Darrah said Arpey also indicated AMR was negotiating to take a 49 percent stake in DC Air, ...

The pilot of a TWA DC-9 airliner landed safely at Raleigh-Durham International Airport after notifying ground control the crew believed one tire had exploded. TWA Flight 550 left St. Louis Monday ...

The story went that one day in 1934 the formidable new mayor of the City of New York was flying home from Chicago aboard a TWA DC-2 that landed, as was its practice, at Newark. And everyone got off… ...

Ah, the glory days of air travel. In the 1950s, Hollywood stars and business titans flew across continents and even oceans in white-glove style. But truth is, the good old days weren't all that great.

Analysts Skeptical of TWA Bid PHOENIX (AP) — A secretive Arizona investment group's plan to outbid American Airlines and buy Trans World Airlines Inc. is drawing chuckles from some ...