Trans World Express (TWE) was the fully owned and certificated, regional carrier for Trans World Airlines (TWA) and an airline trademark name for TWA's corporation. * Trans World Express - The formerly independent regional airline known as Ransome Airlines previously owned by Pan Am (PA) before its purchase by the Trans World Corporation for TWA. * TWE - the outsourced carriers flying as Trans World Express: * Air Midwest * Alpha Air * Trans States Airlines * Metro Air Northeast