Trans World Airlines was an American airline in the twenties.
In 196772, TWA was the world's third-largest airline by passenger-miles, behind Aeroflot and United
On 4 October 1958, British Overseas Airways Corporation started transatlantic flights between London Heathrow and New York Idlewild with a Comet 4, and Pan Am followed on 26 October with a Boeing 707 service between New York and Paris

