The tragic crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 66 in 1975 spurred crucial safety improvements, saving countless lives in the ...

The tail of the Trans World Airlines (TWA) airplane, which had recently taken off from Midway Airport, is among the wreckage found in a field near Clarendon Hills on Sept. 1, 1961.

American Airlines is one of the largest airlines in the world, and the very largest in terms of passengers carried and daily ...

Yet another U.S. airline, Trans World Airlines Inc., said it may be headed for bankruptcy unless a federal agency approves a key asset sale, indicating that troubles for the industry continue to ...

Another mail carrier turned airline, Trans World Airlines' history dates back to pre-World War 2, the early days of American aviation, according to USA Today.

The rise of FedEx Corp. from a startup express carrier with a few aircraft to the largest air cargo airline in the world and ...

The world's only Douglas DC-1 first flew on July 1, 1933, by Carl Cover. After half a year of testing and performing over 200 test flights (and out competing the Ford Trimotor and the Fokker ...

Retired Trans World Airlines flight attendants came together Thursday for their largest reunion yet. Decades have gone by, but their friends are still as strong as ever. "It's been fun.

American Airlines is cooking up two major deals that would transform it and its archrival United Airlines into a dominant pair of mega-carriers. American is close to a deal to acquire struggling ...