Oceanic Airlines

Fictional airlines are imaginary company names of air carriers that are used in novels, computer games, movies and TV series., Are kidnapped mostly for such stories fall into their course of action in emergencies or commercial aircraft crash.

Real airlines put a great emphasis on the sense of security of their customers and do not want to be associated with adverse events. To cause air carriers, for example, that their logos and company emblems be removed or taped over of crashed aircraft. The companies usually give no permission for the use of their brand name in disaster movies, because this could harm business. The producers have to move because of trademark protection reasons on behalf of non-existent airlines. Often, they are guided by the real company names, so that the imaginary names sound credible. An example of this is the well known from the movie Airport Trans Global Airlines ( TGA), the name of the real airline Trans World Airlines (TWA ) is similar.

If, however, achieved through the film a promotional effect or any other benefit for the airline, which give companies typically a permission for the use of their brand or support the filming of active (see product placement ). Thus, for example, supported the American Airlines shooting of the film Up in the Air (2009) and used after a modified version of the movie poster to advertise for their own frequent flyer program. In addition, the names of nonexistent airlines may be used in documentaries or films about historical events without the producers have to fear legal consequences. Examples include the feature films Modagischu and Flight 93 and the internationally broadcast Canadian documentary series Mayday - Alarm in the cockpit.

With older film production aircraft were usually rented for the duration of filming and painted in the colors of the fictional airline or alternatively be provided only with their name and logo. In addition was also often rotated with models and blue screen technique. Recent productions usually used computer animation, which reduce production costs and more spectacular effects can be achieved.

Oceanic Airlines

By 2005-2010 produced television series Lost, which deals with the survivors of the crashed flight " Oceanic 815 ", the fictional Oceanic Airlines airline received a high level of awareness, which was also used commercially. As the advertising campaign for the Lost TV series own website for a fictitious company was established. In addition, the website televisionwithoutpity.com offered a limited edition of shirts and bags ( similar to that of the series Lost) were printed with the slogan "Getting halfway there is all the fun! " With the lettering Oceanica Airlines. Also in other films and television series, the name Oceanic ( Airlines) was mentioned, among other things in the movie Category 6 - Day of the Tornado ( 2004) and in the co- produced by JJ Abrams TV series Alias ​​- The Agent (2001 to 2006).

The name of the Oceanic ( Airlines ) was first in the movie Executive Decision (1996 ) used with Steven Seagal, for the filming of two Boeing 747 received the lettering this fictitious company. Several productions with little budget took the opportunity to acquire the rights to the flying scenes and then used these in their own films. In contrast to the same airline from the TV series Lost The paint this fictitious society but contained no elements of aboriginal art. In addition, existed between 2003 and 2008 an Italian cargo airline named Ocean Airlines, which also briefly a Boeing 747 leased in 2004 that were used in the movie Executive Decision. This aircraft has now been broken down on the airfield Ahlhorner Heide into its component parts.

List of fictional airlines from movies and TV series

In feature films and television productions following aircraft were shown of fictional airlines: