Originally Posted by
C17PSGR
MCI has a disproportionate AA presence with the AAdmirals Club and a mx base. I believe the reason is that MCI was a TWA hub pre-Ozark. When TWA bought Ozark, TWA moved its hub to STL. Of course, it kept the Ambassadors Club and MX facilities in MCI when it moved. AA inherited those.
Not quite. MCI was built to be very customer friendly with gates 100 ft from the curb. When the need for security checkpoints arrived, KC officials refused to rebuild MCI to accommodate security. TWA moved the hub from MCI to STL in 1982 due to security needs. TWA bought Ozark in 1986.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_World_Airlines
Side note: I miss Ozark. I loved flying that airline. Kind of fitting as I live IN the Ozarks and grew up in Ozark, Missouri. And I loved flying into STL. The terminal is a classic design, quite beautiful. It is sadly missed.