News Airline - Friday 30 November

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Airline
Friday 30 November 2007 8:30pm - 9:00pm on ITV1.

Hit docusoap Airline is back, following the staff and passengers of low-cost carrier easyJet. There are tears, tantrums and traumas from customers demonstrating the full range of complaining techniques. But amid the missed flights and flaring tempers, everything runs smoothly for some passengers who find their travels a pleasure rather than a chore.

Rugby fan Jackie Thomas should be travelling from Bristol to Belfast with a group of friends to watch the Welsh team, Llanelli Scarlets, play. Unfortunately Jackie appears to have overlooked the fact that one of her party has been married for 20 years, which proves to be a very expensive oversight.

News ITV1: Friday 26 October

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Airline
Friday 26 October 2007 8:30pm - 9:00pm on ITV1.

It’s the football World Cup and an extremely busy time for easyJet as more than half a million people head off to Germany. Among the fans travelling from Luton are Americans Linda and Thom Emerson. Thom and Linda watched England win the World Cup in 1966 and, 40 years on, Thom says they intend to ‘party as much as 69 year olds party before a match’.

Bristol passenger Keith Taylor is in the process of checking in for his flight when he’s taken to one side by Supervisor Richard Oats. After witnessing Mr Taylor swaying in the check-in queue, Richard suspects that he may be too drunk to travel. However communicating this information to Mr Taylor proves difficult and he is less than happy with Richard’s decision.

Mr Pawlowski delivered his mother to Luton airport in good time to check in for her flight back to Krakow and headed home. However, shortly after leaving, he received a telephone call from his mother - the plane had left on time, but without her! He returns to the airport demanding an explanation!

News ITV1: Friday 19 October

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Airline
Friday 19 October 2007 8:30pm - 9:00pm on ITV1.

EasyJet staff frequently have to make difficult decisions on whether or not passengers are eligible to board flights. However, for manager Machel Riley today’s decision shouldn’t be too hard. She is approached by a passenger acting very strangely who appears to be attempting to travel to Malaga using a piece of paper with Bristol to Barcelona written on it as a ticket!

Meanwhile events at Luton Airport mean a 25th wedding anniversary celebration in Paris has to be put on hold when a passenger arrives at the check in desk without her passport. The passenger is left in the capable hands of manager, Leo Jones, but he may be fighting a losing battle.

Back in Bristol and a week’s holiday to visit grandma and granddad looks set to be extended, when supervisor Richard Oats refuses to let children Kai and Annie Immerson travel home to Germany because they are too young to fly unaccompanied.

For Steve Milne the opening of a new route to Marrakech gives him the opportunity to take a journey he’s wanted to make for twenty years. But will he find what he is looking for?

Recaps Friday, October 19th, 2007 8:30pm

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Hit docusoap Airline is back, following the staff and passengers of low-cost carrier easyJet.

EasyJet staff frequently have to make difficult decisions on whether or not passengers are eligible to board flights. However, for manager Machel Riley today’s decision shouldn’t be too hard. She is approached by a passenger acting very strangely who appears to be attempting to travel to Malaga using a piece of paper with Bristol to Barcelona written on it as a ticket!

Meanwhile events at Luton Airport mean a 25th wedding anniversary celebration in Paris has to be put on hold when a passenger arrives at the check in desk without her passport. The passenger is left in the capable hands of manager, Leo Jones, but he may be fighting a losing battle.

Back in Bristol and a week’s holiday to visit grandma and granddad looks set to be extended, when supervisor Richard Oats refuses to let children Kai and Annie Immerson travel home to Germany because they are too young to fly unaccompanied.