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EXHIBIT 23.1
ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Trans World Airlines, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement
on Form S-8 of Trans World Airlines, Inc. of our report dated January
28, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Trans World
Airlines, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, the
related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows, and the
related schedule for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1999, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual
report on Form 10-K of Trans World Airlines, Inc.
KPMG LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
July 5, 2000
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