Airline is a British television reality show that showcases the daily happenings of passengers, ground workers and on-board staff of Britannia and later easyJet. The show has been broadcast since 1998 on ITV and on syndication on Sky Travel and Sky Three. As of November 2007, the series also airs on Sky Real Lives. From time to time, ITV shows the American version of Airline, which they call Airline USA on ITV2.

Airline is a British television series produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network in 1982.

The series starred Roy Marsden as Jack Ruskin, a pilot demobbed after the end of the Second World War who starts up his own air freight business.

Airline was created by Wilfred Greatorex and lasted for one series of nine episodes. Other leading cast members were Polly Hemingway, Richard Heffer, Sean Scanlan and Terence Rigby.

Airline is an American television reality show that showcases the daily happenings of passengers, ground workers and on-board staff members of Southwest Airlines. The show started in the USA on the A&E television channel in 2004. From time to time, the A&E television channel shows the UK version of Airline, which they call Airline UK.

The show is broadcast on the A&E Network, and is centered on passengers and flights originating out of Southwest focus cities at Chicago Midway, Los Angeles International and Baltimore-Washington International, although it often follows passengers on to their final destinations. Season 3 in 2005 started including stories at Houston's Hobby Airport.

Airline follows customers in all types of moods and situations, a fair percentage being intoxicated would-be passengers, which compose most of the comedy for the show. It also takes a look at employees' adventures both on and off the job, including a customer service supervisor going to his high school reunion and the ceremony surrounding a 30-year pilot Steve Palmason's last flight before retirement in which the classic retirement "water cannon" taxi is performed, where 2 firetrucks shoot an arch of water over the plane. The plane is filled with his family members and they decorate the plane so he sees it after landing. Southwest founder Herb Kelleher is even on hand for the celebration. The theme song is a jazzed up version of John Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane," performed by Jimmy Coup, later changed to a custom-made theme song named "37,000 feet."

A few celebrity passengers have been caught by the show's cameras, including country singer Randy Travis, professional poker player Howard Lederer, R&B singer Sisqó, 70s singer and dancer Charo, famous American Idol reject William Hung, and actor Antonio Fargas.

On December 15, 2005, A&E announced that they were canceling Airline after 70 episodes. The program still airs on A&E and the Biography Channel (which is owned by A&E) but does not have a regular time slot.

The show broadcasts throughout the world including the UK on ITV2, Australia on the Seven Network, Sweden on Kanal 5 and Latin American on A&E Mundo.

Drama following the adventures of Jack Ruskin, a de-mobbed pilot attempting to make a living from his one-plane airline business in the post-war 1940s. Written by Simon Shearn

Newly-discharged from the RAF after World War II, Jack Ruskin, a blunt no-nonsense Yorkshireman, decides to set up his own airline, Ruskin Air Services. Something of an idealist, Jack is prepared to bend every rule in the book to achieve his goal of flying a Dakota once again. He soon does a deal with Ernie Cade, a notorious spiv who can lay his hands on any item of war surplus - for the right price - and then enlists Peter Witney as co-pilot and Jock McEvoy as maintenance engineer. But his long absences start to put a strain on his relationship with Jennie, his girlfriend. Written by Martin Underwood

A reality series focusing on the daily pitfalls of a crew of airline workers trying to keep a major airport running smoothly. From lost baggage to delayed flights to unruly passengers these tireless workers face each problem with cool heads and common sense even as the pressure keeps mounting. Written by Jerry Roberts