Airline (American TV series)
American reality television series
Airline is an American reality television series that showcases the daily happenings of passengers, ground workers and on-board staff members of Southwest Airlines. The series debuted on January 5, 2004, on A&E and ran for three seasons. It was narrated by Tim Flavin.
On December 15, 2005, it was canceled after three seasons.
Premise
The series is focused on passengers and flights originating out of Southwest Airlines focus cities at Baltimore-Washington International, Chicago Midway, Houston's Hobby Airport and Los Angeles International. The series also follows customers in all types of moods and situations, and also takes a look at employees both on and off the job.
The series is based on a non-fiction British series of the same name. The British series followed the employees of Britannia Airways in its first season and easyJet in subsequent seasons.
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