Trans Global Airlines is a fictional airline which may be used whenever a television series needs an airline. This fictional airline's earliest and most famous use may be on the Airport series.
Stock footage from the Airport franchise[]
Emergency! "The Stewardess" used stock footage from Airport 1975.
Mentions[]
- A Trans-Global Flight 39 radios the Tucson Airport tower in The A-Team "The Out-of-Towners".
- In the Columbo episode "The Most Crucial Game" an Airport announcement asks a person to report to the Trans Global desk.
- In the Designing Women episode "The Odyssey", it is mentioned that Trans Global Airlines is out of business.
- Trans Global is frequently mentioned and seen on The Young and the Restless. The January 26, 1999 episode mentioned the company by name, a February 1998 episode featured a Trans Global flight, and a separate (unknown) episode features Adam getting arrested at a Trans Global Airline desk.
- An Airport PA in The Rockford Files "This Case is Closed" directs passengers arriving from Newark, New Jersey to the Trans Global service counter.
- Mandy Wagner is mentioned as taking a Trans Global flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles in Dallas "Dead Ends".
- The airline is also mentioned in Bound.
Unclear sightings[]
- Little to nothing is known about the sightings in All My Children, Matlock, and Miami Vice since episode information is unknown.