Bikini Airways

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox television | image = Bikini Airways.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | genre = | creator = | based_on = | writer = Fred Olen Ray | screenplay = | story = | director = Fred Olen Ray | starring = {{Plainlist| * Regina Russell * Brad Bartram * Jay Richardson * Dan Golden * Kim Maddox * Belinda Gavin * Amy Lindsay * Noah Frank * Frankie Cullen * Leland Jay * Kimberly A. Ray * Maya Divine * Eric Masterson * Dennis L. Baker * Brad Linaweaver * Kimber Lynn * Paul Mack }} | narrator = | theme_music_composer = Anthony Francis | country = United States | language = English | num_episodes = | producer = Kimberly A. Ray | editor = | cinematography = Gary Graver | runtime = 85 minutes | company = American Independent Productions | budget = | network = | released = {{Start date|2003|10|11}} }} '''''Bikini Airways''''' is a 2003 American made for cable erotic film written and directed by Fred Olen Ray (under the pseudonym name Nicholas Juan Medina).

==Plot== Terri, after inheriting an airline from her late uncle (and the debt that goes with it), gets a wealthy oil tycoon to pay $25,000 to have his bachelor party on her first flight.

== Cast ==

* Regina Russell, as Terri

==Background== The film was produced by the production company American Independent Productions and distributed by Retromedia Entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DVD Talk |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/12278 |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=www.dvdtalk.com}}</ref>

Ray said he made the film "on a lark and it did really well" so that it ushered in a series of bikini films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/site/780405-midnight-fred-olen-ray-strip-clubs-chainsaw-hookers|title=After Midnight: Fred Olen Ray on Strip Clubs & Chainsaw Hookers|first=Fred|last=Topel|date=27 October 2014|website=Crave Online|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref>

== Release == It was broadcast several times in the winter of 2003 at fixed times and on demand on the premium channels Cinemax and Showtime.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

=== Home video === It was released as double feature with ''Bikini Chain Gang'' in 2005.<ref>{{Citation |title=Bikini Chain Gang / Bikini Airways DVD (Double Feature) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Bikini-Chain-Gang-and-Bikini-Airways-DVD/276741/ |access-date=2024-01-05}}</ref> A new DVD version was released in 2018 for the 15th anniversary of the film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bikini Airways (2003) (15th Anniversary Edition) |url=https://www.cede.com/en/movies/?view=detail&aid=16210651 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=www.cede.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Reception== The film was given 2.5 out of 4 by ''Dr. Gore's Movie Reviews''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drgorereviews.blogspot.com/2006/09/bikini-airways-review.html|title="Bikini Airways" review|work=Dr. Gore's Movie Reviews|date=September 17, 2006|accessdate=August 19, 2014}}</ref> It was also rated 8 out of 10 by ''Tarstarkas.net''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tarstarkas.net/2008/10/bikini-airways/|title=Bikini Airways|work=Tarstarkas.net|date=19 October 2008 |accessdate=August 19, 2014}}</ref>

The film is part of a cult softcore Bikini film series, directed by Ray.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Andrews |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZN9kAAAAMAAJ&q=bikini+airways |title=Soft in the Middle: The Contemporary Softcore Feature in Its Contexts |date=2006 |publisher=Ohio State University Press |isbn=978-0-8142-1022-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bETnE2hkrX0C&q=bikini+airways |title=The Spectator |date=2004 |publisher=F.C. Westley |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0384844|Bikini Airways}} *{{rotten-tomatoes|bikini_airways|Bikini Airways}} *{{URL|http://chacebook.com/2013/05/31/bikini-airways/|''Bikini Airways'' on Chacebook}}

Category:2003 television films Category:2003 films Category:American erotic films Category:Films directed by Fred Olen Ray Category:2003 erotic films Category:2003 English-language films Category:2003 American films Category:English-language erotic films