This weekend as a part of Open House New York, the TWA Flight Center is open to the public. Open House New York (OHNY) aims to promote a greater appreciation of the city’s architecture and design. The TWA Flight Center I think is the best attraction yet.
The TWA Flight Center, Terminal 5 at JFK will be open to the public on Sunday, October 18th, 2015 from 11 am to 3 pm. I urge everyone to go out and see the iconic landmark. It’s a rare chance to get inside the flight center and relive the life of TWA.
TWA might now be gone but what remains is the TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The building was completed in 1962 and is considered an architectural icon, made by Eero Saarinen.
Trans World Airlines (TWA) Airlines was a major US airline from 1925 – 2001. After the Spoils Conference of 1930, TWA was one of the “Big Four”, the four largest domestic airlines in the United States along with American, United, and Eastern. TWA was the second unofficial carrier of the United States behind Pan Am, which led trans Atlantic flights after World War II. TWA survived the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, which led to many airlines failures, and the start-ups of new competing airlines. American Airlines later acquired TWA in 2001 after declaring bankruptcy.
The next time this opportunity will come about is when the hotel opens. (Expected 2019)
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