Editing Trans World Airlines (section)

====All-jet fleet====
[[File:Trans World Airlines Boeing 707-331B Gilliand.jpg|thumb|TWA operated Boeing 707 single-aisle jets in the 1960s.]]
[[File:Boeing 727-231 N74318 TWA DCA 05.08.75 edited-3.jpg|thumb|right|TWA operated nearly 100 [[Boeing 727]] trijets on their US domestic routes between 1964 and closure of operations.]]
On April 7, 1967, TWA became one of the first all-jet airlines in the USA with the retirement of their last Lockheed L-749A Constellation and L-1649 Starliner cargo aircraft. That morning aircraft ground-service personnel placed a booklet on every passenger seat throughout the TWA system titled "Props Are For Boats".

Between 1967–72, TWA was the world's third-largest airline by passenger miles, behind Aeroflot and United. During the mid and late 1960s, the airline extended its reach as far east as Hong Kong from Europe and also introduced service to several destinations in Africa.<ref>[http://www.timetableimages.com June 1964 & August 8, 1968, Trans World Airlines system timetables] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010202024400/http://www.timetableimages.com/ |date=February 2, 2001 }} ''www.timetableimages.com''</ref> In 1969, TWA carried the most transatlantic passengers of any airline; until then, Pan American World Airways had always been number one. In the [[Transpacific Route Case]] of 1969, TWA was given authority to fly across the Pacific to Hawaii and Taiwan, and for a few years, TWA had a round-the-world network.<ref>{{cite web|title=TWA route map, 04/30/1972|url=http://www.departedflights.com/TW043072.html|access-date=29 August 2013|archive-date=27 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127044229/http://www.departedflights.com/TW043072.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1969, TWA opened the [[Breech Academy]] on a {{convert|25|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus in the Kansas City suburb of [[Overland Park, Kansas]] to train its flight attendants, ticket agents, and travel agents, as well as to provide flight simulators for its pilots. It became the definitive airline facility, training other airlines' staff, as well as its own.

The airline continued to expand European operations in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In 1987, TWA had a transatlantic system reaching from Los Angeles to [[Mumbai|Bombay]], including virtually every major European population center, with 10 American gateways.

[[File:Dan Hadani collection (990044404330205171).jpg|thumb|A TWA passenger airplane was hijacked and forced to land unexpectedly in Damascus, Syria. The Israeli passengers were arrested but were released after several days.]]