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Oceanic Airlines (sometimes called Oceanic
Airways) is a fictional airline used in several films and
television programs.
Its most famous appearance is in Lost, where Oceanic
Airlines is featured branded with a highly-stylized logo depicting
an Aboriginal dot painting that resembles a bullseye, an island, or
an "O" (for Oceanic). The show's storyline begins with the crash of
Oceanic Flight 815 on a mysterious island.
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The airline has also been featured in many
other media. The original occurrence of Oceanic Airways was in the 1996
film Executive Decision. The film's producers shot extensive footage of
an actual Boeing 747 but with a different logo and livery to that used
on the later Lost Oceanic flight. This stock footage has been reused in
several films and television programs, spreading the Oceanic Airlines
brand across various and unrelated fictional universes.
The Boeing 747-200 filmed in Executive Decision (Boeing 747-269BM,
registration N707CK, Nee.9K-ADA) was actually hijacked in 1988, under
similar circumstances to those in the film. The aircraft was operating
for Kuwait Airways at the time of the hijacking.
LOST viral billboards of Oceanic Airlines, posted in various cities
for "Find 815" ( www.find815.com ) List of cities:
- Los Angeles, CA - Tustin, CA - Ames, IA - Miami, FL - New York,
NY - Portland, OR
- Knoxville, TN - Seoul, South Korea - Sydney, Australia - London,
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Occurrences of Oceanic Airlines
The following sources feature Oceanic Airlines:
Original
* Executive Decision: Oceanic Flight 343 from Athens to Washington, DC
was skyjacked by Islamic terrorists.
* For Love Of The Game: An Oceanic flight is announced over the PA
system in the airport lounge near the end of the movie.
* Nowhere to Land: A Boeing 747-200 from Sydney to LAX flying with a
bomb programmed to detonate one hour prior to landing at LAX.
* Code 11-14: an FBI agent searches for a murderer aboard Oceanic
Flight 816, a Boeing 747SP, bound for Los Angeles from Sydney.
* Lost: The show explores the aftermath of the crash of Oceanic Flight
815 from Sydney to Los Angeles. The producers of Lost also created a
website for the fictional airline, including clues and references to
the show's plot. In flashforwards, a group of the characters that
survive the crash are nicknamed the "Oceanic Six" (Hurley, Kate, Jack,
Sayid, Sun, and Aaron).
* Alias: Oceanic's flight to Sydney is briefly mentioned in an
announcement when the show's lead character Sydney Bristow is at Los
Angeles International Airport. Alias and Lost were both created by J.
J. Abrams.
* LAX: 01.13 "Senator's Daughter" (first aired 16 April 2006):
Advertisements and computers in airport terminals in LAX read "Oceanic
Airlines".
* Pushing Daisies: 01.01 "Pie-lette" (02 October 2007): An Oceanic
Airlines advertisement is displayed in the travel agency.
* Chuck: 01.02 "Chuck versus the Helicopter" (01 October 2007): Chuck
is viewing a series of photographs when one prompts him to recall the
secret information to which he had been exposed by Bryce Larkin. He
begins revealing apparently unconnected secrets, including, "Oceanic
Flight 815 was shot down by a surface-to-air..." This suggests a
different cause for the explosion on Oceanic Flight 815 from that
revealed in Lost.
* Fringe: 01.09 "The Dreamscape" (25 November 2008): When the FBI was
checking the apartment of a murdered Massive Dynamic employee, Agent
Olivia Dunham found an airline ticket from Oceanic Airlines. The flight
destination printed on the ticket was Omaha, Nebraska, and the date of
the flight, 22 December. Fringe was also created by JJ Abrams.
* Alex: Bankers Alex Masterley and Clive Reed appear as the only
survivors of an Oceanic Airlines aircrash in the Amazon Rainforest in
Brazil.
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