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Ultimate Airport Dubai Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2013 - 2013
Episode 1
Billion Dollar Concourse
An aircraft diverts to Dubai due to injuries caused in turbulence. Engineers change a tail fin on an Emirates aircraft. Late passengers delay an aircraft to Sydney. Airside ground crew undergo training, baby elephants are sent as cargo and a new concourse opening test fails. All in a days work at Dubai International Airport.
Episode 2
The Hard Shift
Problem passengers with excess baggage, cabin crew training, baggage conveyor breakdowns, a 2nd attempt at the new concourse test, and Emirates take delivery of their 25th A380 aircraft.
Episode 3
Lost Cargo
At Dubai International, the pressure is always on. Thousands of staff members must work round the clock to keep the airport running efficiently. Passengers, engines, cargo and construction materials all go missing - pushing an airport already under stress, to breaking point.
Episode 4
Crystal Customs
Customs are constantly on the search for drugs whether on, or in a passengers body or their luggage. Abusive or ill behaved passengers on aircraft are also a challenge for the Airport staff. Runway cleaning and maintenance are constant to keep the airport running.
Episode 5
Domino Effect
A punctured tire closes one of the runways and causes delays to both incoming and departing flights. The airport are renaming all the gates and need to change hundreds of signs while the airport is running as normal.
Episode 6
Stranded
Cat Stevens tries to board a plane to the U.S. and there is a hydraulics failure on an outbound plane which causes alarm for air traffic control and a training simulation for the exact same thing.
Episode 7
Holiday on Delay
Ambitious expansion plans in action, while keeping the Airport on track leads to testing times for the staff. Passengers bumped off a flight to their dream holiday, temperamental VIP passengers, a problem with a missing 389 million dollar A380 and the first phase of the new 3.2 billion dollar concourse due in just 18 days, all add to the strain.
Episode 8
Missing Passenger
Dubai Airport needs to open a $3.2 billion dollar extension to Terminal 3, with 20 new departure gates. meanwhile, Passenger Operations is coping with a large group of stranded travelers. The Network Control Centre is trying to keep the Emirates fleet on schedule; and a missing passenger and his bags put their curfew critical flight to Sydney Australia in jeopardy.
Episode 9
Ring the Alarm
While airports and airlines try to prepare for every event, thousands of passengers every week will bring challenges. Add in missing cargo, fog, faulty alarms in the brand new concourse, no show passengers and the staff must cope.
Episode 10
Dangerous Debris
Looking for dangerous debris on live runways between takeoffs and landings, and a headache for engineers as a 208 million dollar A330-200 jet refuses to budge when the parking brake is released, are just part of an Airport day.
