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Trans World Express (TWE) was the fully owned and certified regional carrier for Trans World Airlines (TWA) and an airline trademark name for TWA's corporation.

• Trans World Express - The formerly independent regional airline known as Ransome Airlines previously owned by Pan Am (PA) before its purchase by the Trans World Corporation for TWA.

• TWE - the outsourced carriers flying as Trans World Express:

• Air Midwest

• Alpha Aircite-ref-1[1]

• Trans States Airlines

• Metro Air Northeast

When American Airlines bought TWA, the regional airlines functioning under the Trans World Express "banner" became affiliated with American Airlines under the name and new banner air carrier branding AmericanConnection. Trans World Express service at that time was being provided by Trans States Airlines, Chautauqua Airlines, and Corporate Airlines (later RegionsAir).

• History

• Fleet

• Destinations at closure

• Canada

• United States

• Previous destinations

• See also

• References

• External links

Until November 6, 1995, TWE, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of TWA, operated flights under the Trans World Express banner. This fully certificated airline, previously named and certificated as Ransome Airlines - Pan Am Express, was headquartered at Philadelphia Northeast Airport far from TWA's (John F. Kennedy International Airport and (STL) St Louis hubs.

After that date, November 6, 1995, TWA outsourced all TWE operations to third-party "banner" airlines. Other airlines previously operating under the name and TWE "banner" included Resort Air and Metro Air Northeast.

Most flights were from the Eastern Seaboard to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport or from the South and Midwest to Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport.

In 1993, Alpha Air was operating Trans World Express service with Beechcraft 1900C turboprops from a hub at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) with service to Burbank (BUR), Grand Canyon (GCN), Lake Tahoe (TVL), Mammoth Lakes (MMH), Palm Springs (PSP), Phoenix (PHX) and Santa Ana/Orange County Airport (SNA, now John Wayne Airport).cite-ref-2[2]

The following aircraft were contracted and operating in the TWExpress system at the time of TWA's merger with American Airlines and the TWExpress brand was discontinued:

• Embraer ERJ-145

• ATR-72

• ATR-42

• Jetstream 41

• Jetstream 31/32

Other aircraft that appeared in TWE colors included:

• Beechcraft 1900Ccite-ref-3[3]

• Saab 340

• de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7

• de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter

• Fairchild Metro II/III

• CASA C-212 Aviocar

• EMB-120 Brasiliacite-ref-4[4]

Trans World Express, via flights operated by Trans States Airlines, Corporate Airlines and Chautauqua Airlines, was serving the following destinations when the Trans World Express code share service was halted:cite-ref-5[5]cite-ref-6[6]

• Toronto (Lester B. Pearson International Airport)

• Bentonville/Fayetteville (Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport)

• Bloomington/Normal (Central Illinois Regional Airport)

• Champaign/Urbana (University of Illinois Willard Airport)

• Decatur (Decatur Airport)

• Marion (Williamson County Regional Airport)

• Moline (Quad City International Airport)

• Peoria (Greater Peoria Regional Airport)

• Quincy (Quincy Regional Airport)

• Springfield (Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport)

• Evansville (Evansville Regional Airport)

• Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne International Airport)

• Indianapolis (Indianapolis International Airport)

• South Bend (South Bend Regional Airport)

• Burlington (Southeast Iowa Regional Airport)

• Cedar Rapids (The Eastern Iowa Airport)

• Sioux City (Sioux Gateway Airport)

• Waterloo (Waterloo Regional Airport)

• Cincinnati, Ohio area (Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport)

• Lexington (Blue Grass Regional Airport)

• Owensboro (Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport)

• Paducah (Barkley Regional Airport)

• Shreveport (Shreveport Regional Airport)

• Grand Rapids (Gerald R. Ford International Airport)

• Rochester (Rochester International Airport)

• Jackson (Jackson-Evers International Airport)

• Cape Girardeau (Cape Girardeau Regional Airport)

• Columbia (Columbia Regional Airport)

• Fort Leonard Wood (Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field)

• Joplin (Joplin Regional Airport)

• Kirksville (Kirksville Regional Airport)

• Springfield/Branson (Springfield-Branson National Airport)

• St. Louis (Lambert-St. Louis International Airport) Hub

• Lincoln (Lincoln Airport)

Ohio (for Cincinnati, see Kentucky)

• Dayton (Dayton International Airport)

• Charleston (Charleston International Airport)

• Greenville-Spartanburg (Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport)

• Jackson (McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport)

• Knoxville (McGhee Tyson Airport)

• Memphis (Memphis International Airport)

• Nashville (Nashville International Airport)

• Madison (Dane County Regional Airport)

cite-ref-7[7]cite-ref-8[8]cite-ref-9[9]cite-ref-10[10]

• Birmingham (Birmingham International Airport)

• Grand Canyon (Grand Canyon National Park Airport)

• Phoenix (Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport)

• Fort Smith (Fort Smith Regional Airport)

• Harrison (Boone County Regional Airport)

• Little Rock (Clinton National Airport)

• Burbank (now Hollywood-Burbank Airport)

• Inyokern (Inyokern Airport)

• Lake Tahoe (Lake Tahoe Airport)

• Los Angeles (Los Angeles International Airport) - Hub (at the time of the acquisition of Trans World Airlines by American Airlines in 2001, both TWA and Trans World Connection operated by American Eagle were serving Los Angeles. cite-ref-mainlinenorthamericadest-11-0[11]cite-ref-twconnectionw-12-0[12] Alpha Air earlier served LAX as Trans World Express.)cite-ref-13[13]

• Mammoth Lakes (Mammoth Yosemite Airport)

• Oxnard (Oxnard Airport)

• Palm Springs (Palm Springs International Airport) (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 Trans World Connection served Palm Springs cite-ref-twconnectionw-12-1[12])

• Palmdale (LA/Palmdale Regional Airport)

• Santa Ana/Orange County Airport (now John Wayne Airport) (at the time of TWA's end in 2001 both the mainline airline and Trans World Connection operated by American Eagle served Orange County. cite-ref-mainlinenorthamericadest-11-1[11] Alpha Air earlier served Orange County Airport as Trans World Express.)cite-ref-14[14]

• Hartford (Bradley International Airport) (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 both the mainline airline and Trans World Connection served Hartford cite-ref-mainlinenorthamericadest-11-2[11]cite-ref-twconnectione-15-0[15])

• Chicago (Midway Airport) (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 the mainline airline served nearby O'Hare International Airport in Chicago cite-ref-mainlinenorthamericadest-11-3[11]cite-ref-16[16])

• Louisville (Standiford Field) (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 the mainline airline served Louisville cite-ref-mainlinenorthamericadest-11-4[11])

• Portland (Portland International Jetport)

• Baltimore (Baltimore-Washington International Airport) (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 both the mainline airline and Trans World Connection served Baltimore cite-ref-mainlinenorthamericadest-11-5[11]cite-ref-twconnectione-15-1[15])

• Boston (Logan International Airport) (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 both the mainline airline and Trans World Connection served Boston cite-ref-mainlinenorthamericadest-11-6[11]cite-ref-twconnectione-15-2[15])

• Lake of the Ozarks (Lee C. Fine Memorial Airport)

• Manchester (Manchester-Boston Regional Airport)

• Albany (Albany International Airport) (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 Trans World Connection served Albany cite-ref-twconnectione-15-3[15])

• Binghamton (Greater Binghamton Airport)

• Buffalo (Buffalo Niagara International Airport) (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 Trans World Connection served Buffalo cite-ref-twconnectione-15-4[15])

• Ithaca (Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport)

• New York City (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 both the mainline airline and Trans World Connection served New York City cite-ref-mainlinenorthamericadest-11-7[11]cite-ref-twconnectione-15-5[15])

• John F. Kennedy International Airport - Hub

• LaGuardia Airport - Hub

• Newburgh (Stewart International Airport)

• Rochester (Greater Rochester International Airport) cite-ref-17[17] (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 Trans World Connection served Rochester cite-ref-twconnectione-15-6[15])

• Syracuse (Syracuse Hancock International Airport) (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 Trans World Connection served Syracuse cite-ref-twconnectione-15-7[15])

• Harrisburg (Harrisburg International Airport)

• Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh International Airport) (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 both the mainline airline and Trans World Connection served Pittsburgh cite-ref-mainlinenorthamericadest-11-8[11]cite-ref-twconnectione-15-8[15])

• Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport)

• Providence (T. F. Green Airport) (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 Trans World Connection served Providence cite-ref-twconnectione-15-9[15])

• Norfolk/Virginia Beach/Williamsburg (Norfolk International Airport) (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 the mainline airline served Norfolk cite-ref-mainlinenorthamericadest-11-9[11])

• Richmond (Richmond International Airport) (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 the mainline airline served Richmond cite-ref-mainlinenorthamericadest-11-10[11])

• Washington, DC area (At the time of TWA's end in 2001 both the mainline airline and Trans World Connection served Washington, DC cite-ref-mainlinenorthamericadest-11-11[11]cite-ref-twconnectione-15-10[15])

• List of defunct airlines of the United States

cite-note-11. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 15, 1993 Alpha Air/Trans World Express route map

cite-note-22. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 15, 1993 Alpha Air/Trans World Express route map

cite-note-33. ↑ "Photos: Beech 1900C-1 Aircraft Pictures". Airliners.net. 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2012-08-12.

cite-note-44. ↑ "Photos: Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia Aircraft Pictures". Airliners.net. 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2012-08-12.

cite-note-55. ↑ "TWA North America Destinations

cite-note-66. ↑ "TWExpress," Trans World Airlines

cite-note-77. ↑ Midwest in 1998, Trans World Airlines

cite-note-88. ↑ "Timetable Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine" of August 1, 1993

cite-note-99. ↑ "Timetable" of 1987, Trans World Airlines

cite-note-1010. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 15, 1993 Alpha Air/Trans World Express route map

cite-note-mainlinenorthamericadest-1111. ↑ "TWA North America Destinations," Trans World Airlines

cite-note-twconnectionw-1212. ↑ "TWConnection West Coast Routes," Trans World Airlines

cite-note-1313. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 15, 1993 Alpha Air/Trans World Express route map

cite-note-1414. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Dec. 15, 1993 Alpha Air/Trans World Express route map

cite-note-twconnectione-1515. ↑ "TWConnection East Coast Routes Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine," Trans World Airlines

cite-note-1616. ↑ "Terminal 2 Airlines" in 2001, O'Hare International Airport

cite-note-1717. ↑ "Trans World Express service begins in Rochester; Ribbon cutting ceremony will commemorate launch of new service.," M2 Presswire

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