Howard Hughes only acquired one airline.
He acquired and expanded Trans World Airlines and later acquired Air West , renaming it Hughes Airwest .	Trans World Airlines	Trans World Airlines	Air West	Hughes Airwest	Hughes Airwest	Hughes Airwest
Hughes Airwest was an airline in the western United States , backed by the Summa Corporation of Howard Hughes .	Howard Hughes	Howard Hughes	western	Western United States	United States	United States	Summa Corporation	Summa Corporation
The original name for the airline was Air West .
Trans World Airlines -LRB- TWA -RRB- was a major American airline from 1924 until 2001 .	American	American Airlines	airline	airline
