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 ...

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, ...

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.

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.

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… ...