Airline (1997)

Series 1

Airline is a fly on the wall television programme, produced in the United Kingdom that showcases the daily happenings of passengers, ground workers and on-board staff of Britannia and later EasyJet. The show was broadcast between 1998 and 2006 on ITV, is often repeated on ITV2 and shown on syndication on Pick TV. The programme's success sparked a US version of the series, following American low-cost airline Southwest Airlines.

Released Oct. 17, 1997 Episode 30 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Reality

Keywords: imdb.airport-personnel, imdb.budget-airline, imdb.commercial-air-travel, imdb.passenger, imdb.airport

Production Companies: Granada Television

Network: ITV1

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

IMDb

7.0

/159/

Trakt

/9/

TMDb

/2/

Tony Robinson

S1E1 - Episode 1

A chief steward deals with abusive Venice-bound passengers, and a drunken grandfather causes trouble for a customer service operator.

Sept. 5, 1997, midnight

S1E2 - Episode 2

Giwy Street and Jack Ruskin's battle for survival begins. The anticipated hero welcome fails to materialize, and Jack must get to grips with post war life.

Sept. 12, 1997, midnight

S1E3 - Episode 3

Trainee stewards Aaron and Jason deal with emergency slides and awkward customers, and two passengers booked on a luxury cruise miss their connecting flight.

Sept. 19, 1997, midnight

S1E4 - Episode 4

Britannia staff members discover Majorca is not all sunshine as they struggle to cope with lost passengers, endless delays and a mile-long walk between check-in and departures. Elsewhere, passenger officer Cathy faces romantic complications, and it's crunch time for Aaron and Jason on their cabin crew training course.

Sept. 26, 1997, midnight

S1E5 - Episode 5

Chief steward BJ tackles two drunken travellers and passenger officer Pat Baines applies for a Britannia training course, determined to realise her ambition of becoming a stewardess. And while she dreams of taking to the skies, Aaron and Jason make their first flight as fully fledged cabin crew

Oct. 3, 1997, midnight

S1E6 - Episode 6

As the England football team touches down after qualifying for the World Cup finals, passenger officer Pat Baines has her hands full dealing with a couple who have defaced a passport, while new recruit Aaron waits to discover whether he will be keeping his job.

Oct. 10, 1997, midnight

ITV1

30 min/ep

30 min

Oct. 17, 1997

Dec. 21, 2007, midnight

Ended