Dann Lewis

TWA has won a presence at lucrative, flight-restricted John Wayne Airport by contracting with a regional airline to bring passengers from Orange County’s airport to Los Angeles International
President of the airline, Dann Lewis, stated that as part of the agreement, Orange County based Resort Commuter Airlines has changes its name and livery to Trans World Express. Lewis said that TWA has similar agreements with other commuter and regional airlines around the country, all operating under the name of Trans World Express. “It’s an extension of the trunk airlines route schedule,” he said.
Other major airlines also have such arrangements: American Airlines has American Eagle, United has United Express, Delta has Delta Connection, to name a few.
Resort Commuter continues to offer tickets to non-TWA affiliated passengers at $49 each way and joint fares with other airlines on connections to long distance flights out of LAX, said Lewis. TWA however, will offer the connections for free out of Orange County on many of its discount fares as well as on more expensive seats in its inventory, he said.
For example, as part of the promotion of the new Orange County service, TWA is offering a round-trip fare to New York for $198 from John Wayne, while the lowest fare available out of LAX alone is $258, Dann Lewis said.
From: Orange County Register, October 30, 1987

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