Oceanic Airlines is a fictional airline used on television and in movies to brand planes bound for disastrous ends, not to be confused with Trans Oceanic Airlines which is an actual Australian carrier from the 40s and 50s. Some uses of Oceanic are apparently from different people coming up with the name independently, while other uses incorporate recycled footage from Executive Decision.
In Lost, that particular name may or may not have been chosen in order to allow a little in-joke as the Hugo "Hurley" Reyes character is seen at an early point carrying water bottles with the "Oceanic" brand name.
Films and television shows featuring Oceanic Airlines
- Executive Decision -- Oceanic Flight 343 from Athens to Dulles, Virginia was hijacked by terrorists. A stewardess was killed in the hijacking, and both pilots were later killed. After the aircraft was secretly infiltrated mid-flight by a team of elite commandos, a gun fight took place, resulting in the deaths of all the terrorists. The gun fight caused the plane to depressurize, and 3 passengers were sucked out.
- Panic in the Skies
- Nowhere to Land
- Lost -- Oceanic Flight 815 from Sydney to LAX disintegrated at a low alitude over the Pacific Ocean after drifting thousands of miles off course. At least 48 passengers survived the crash.
- Code 11-14
- JAG (according to [1])
- Category 6: Day of Destruction
- After the Sunset, according to the trailer.
- LAX (TV series), Advertisments and computers in terminals in the LAX airport feature the Oceanic Airlines name in the episode Senator's Daughter.
Trivia
- Popular TV review site Television Without Pity sold a set of limited edition shirts and messenger bags ostensibly branded with an "Oceanic Airlines" logo and the slogan "Getting halfway there is all the fun!"
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