Word: twa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that is, until last week. At 9:41 on Tuesday morning, a Belarussian helicopter gunship opened fire on a balloon captained by Alan Fraenckel, 55, an airline pilot with TWA, and his partner, John Stuart-Jervis, 68, a retired British pilot who made his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Within seconds they were dead--shot out of the sky over a remote Belarussian forest...
Delta ended that benevolent policy two weeks ago when it scrapped the 10% commission that airlines have paid agents to distribute tickets for domestic flights. Instead, Delta placed a $50 cap on fees for ticketing round trips costing $500 or more. American, United, Northwest, TWA, Continental and USAir swiftly joined the formation in moves that the industry says could save it $800 million this year...
...quickly. Northwest Airlines is offering discounts of up to 40% for travel from Nov. 24 through Jan.14 for tickets bought by this Friday. The tickets are nonrefundable and are good for travel only in the lower 48 states, Alaska and Canada. If you want to fly overseas, check out TWA, which is offering discounts of up to 30% on routes from 15 U.S. cities to 10 European destinations. The TWA tickets must be purchased by midnight tomorrow (Tuesday), and are good for travel through March 15, except during the holidays of Christmas and New Year's. Finally, Southwest Airlines...
Boeing shares that view with McDonnell Douglas, which has assembled 35 MD-80 jetliners at a Shanghai plant that it has run with Chinese partners since 1985. (China purchased 30 of the planes, and TWA bought the remaining five.) Nor does McDonnell Douglas fret about losing its technical edge. "We're developing a partner," says Peter Chapman, who heads the company's China operations. "The more technology we can transfer to them to help supply us, the better...
Taking less than four hours to reach a decision, a Texas jury cleared American Airlines of charges of "predatory pricing" in last summer's airfare wars. The victory cleared the way for more of what American's CEO Robert Crandall called "continued vigorous price competition." Meanwhile TWA received court permission to emerge from bankruptcy and immediately announced a celebratory two-for-one ticket sale...