who started twa airlines?
Howard Hughes
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 The company 's internal processes prior to the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 and its reaction to the accident are subject of the book Shizumanu Taiyō and the 2009 Japanese movie of the same name , albeit the company being fictionalized as National Airlines . 

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 Since its founding in 1985 , the airline has been investing into airline @-@ related servicing companies , including inflight catering , ground handling and service equipment companies . 

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 Saville and Fairchild went to Congress in 1950 , and obtained $ 114 million for the development of an electronic computer @-@ based air defense system , a project headed by George E. Valley Jr , who was a physicist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) . The computer , named Whirlwind , helped the USAF develop the Semi Automatic Ground Environment ( SAGE ) air defense system . 

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 In 1952 , the CAB appointed Nelson David as president , and he began to improve the financial stability of the airline . By 1957 , with the carrier in a better financial situation , David left and Charles Willis , Jr. became the company 's new president and CEO . A pilot during WWII , Willis introduced several marketing gimmicks that set the airline apart from other ones of the day . Under his leadership , Alaska Airlines became the first to show inflight movies . The company began service of the Douglas DC @-@ 6 , the airline 's first pressurized plane , enabling flights above clouds and weather disturbances . On these DC @-@ 6 's , the airline introduced " Golden Nugget " service , which included an on @-@ board saloon and piano . 

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 The British Airways Board was formed in 1971 to control the policy and finances of the two large London @-@ based airline corporations , British Overseas Airways Corporation ( BOAC ) and British European Airways Corporation ( BEA ) with two much smaller regional airlines , Cambrian Airways and Northeast Airlines . British Airways acquired the supersonic Concorde in 1976 , operating it on transatlantic services . The same year it assumed sole operation of international flights to North America and Southeast Asia from rival British Caledonian . The formation of Virgin Atlantic Airways in 1984 began a tense rivalry , which led to " one of the most bitter and protracted libel actions in aviation history " . Under the leadership of Chairman Sir John King and CEO Colin Marshall , British Airways was privatised in February 1987 , almost thirteen years after its formation , and effected the controversial takeover of British Caledonian in July 1987 . 
