The Airport: Back in the Skies

Season 12022

Get ready for takeoff. Docusoap star Jeremy Spake is back at Heathrow during the strangest and most challenging time in its history. Just what does it take to keep Britain flying?

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5 Episodes

    E01 Episode 1

    Jeremy arrives in Heathrow to find the airport decimated by Covid-19. He helps to prepare a Boeing 787 bound for Delhi and meets the Australian residents desperate to return home.

    May 9, 2022

    E02 Episode 2

    It's early November, and Heathrow's most lucrative US routes are opening up to double-vaccinated passengers. Out on the apron, excitement is in the air as two aircraft prepare for a historic dual take-off.

    May 16, 2022

    E03 Episode 3

    Jeremy finds out how air traffic controller Steph is acclimatising to increased plane traffic and tries his hand at ordering planes for take-off in the NATS simulator.

    May 23, 2022

    E04 Episode 4

    As Christmas approaches, Heathrow is hit hard by the effects of the Omicron variant. Jeremy meets an Irish nurse who has been working on Covid wards and is desperate to travel back to Dublin.

    May 30, 2022

    E05 Episode 5

    It's a new year. While Omicron has been raging across Europe, the UK has resisted lockdown and relaxed rules for arrivals. As the airport looks ahead to the future, a few airlines have emerged from the pandemic challenges as success stories.

    June 6, 2022
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