About Airways
Thursday at 8.00pm
Season Finale. Tonight, we meet an embarrassed stag in a
pink dress at the Melbourne airport, and will two families miss
their dream holiday due to delays?
You can catch the latest episodes of Airways on TVNZ
Ondemand.
About the show:
Airways is TV2's new fly-on-the-wall comedic factual
programme following the ups and downs of travel on Australian
budget airline Tiger Airways.
In this unprecedented look at the day-to-day running of a budget
airline in Australia, all the stress and joy of travel come
together as staff and passengers deal with everything from
misplaced luggage, delayed flights, proposals and even a wedding
during a typical day at the airport and in the skies.
Airways host Corinne Grant says of her experiences with
air travel, "It's always best to try and keep yourself nice: dont
yell at the staff, dont fall asleep and miss your flight and dont
get a bunch of your friends together and start a riot in the
departure gate."
Crews filmed the series from airports in Melbourne, Coolangatta,
Rockhampton, Mackay, Adelaide, Launceston, Hobart and Alice
Springs.
Executive producer Lyndal Marks says, "
Airways will
provide the viewer with pure entertainment. There's comedy, drama
and mystery in every episode as real Australians tackle the
intricacies of travel.
"Most of the time, it all goes so smoothly. But when it doesn't,
our cameras have captured some extraordinary moments.
"Delays can play havoc with your stress levels, as most travellers
know, and this provides the fodder for some highly-charged
emotional moments.
"The absurdities captured by our cameras are things which happen on
all airlines, but Tiger Airways had the confidence, and a good dose
of humour, to allow us to film warts and all."
Tiger Airways consumer communications manager Vanessa Regan says,
"Our staff had a fabulous time filming this programme and very much
look forward to seeing themselves on TV.
"Some are happy that viewers will gain a better understanding of
their work and see how hard they work to ensure customer
satisfaction."
