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Latest archived mark · 2001

Trans World Airlines

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American Airlines

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What we compare	Trans World Airlines	American Airlines
Country in archive	United States	United States
Founded	1930	1926
Founder	Transcontinental & Western Air merger	Robertson Aircraft Corporation (earliest predecessor)
Headquarters	Kansas City, Missouri, United States	Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Name origin	TWA began as Transcontinental & Western Air, formed in 1930 from a merger of several airlines. The abbreviation TWA stayed in use as the airline grew international routes and became Trans World Airlines.	The name became official in 1934, when the corporation, previously operating as American Airways, was renamed American Airlines after a reorganization of its routes into a connected system. The sources used do not explain why the word "American" was chosen, though it is a plain national descriptor.
Highlights	Lockheed Constellation, Boeing 707, McDonnell Douglas DC-9, St. Louis hub	Dallas/Fort Worth hub, AAdvantage, Flagship First, American Eagle
Earliest archived brand logo	1930	1934
Latest archived logo	2001	2013
Archived logo assets	9	6

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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