Airline UK Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Airline UK: Season 10 (2002)

• Season 10 Episode 20: Airline

  Supervisor Debbie Hopkins deals with a passenger who claims to have drunk 25 double vodkas, and tries to help a couple who have been removed from a flight from Bristol to Inverness because their baby appears to have chickenpox. A DJ lands in Belfast for a sell-out gig to discover his record bags have gone missing

• Season 10 Episode 16: EPISODE: 6

  A man tries to get his son on a plane without a boarding card, but there are more problems ahead when the boy's age is revealed. Chef Phil Vickery is at Luton on his way to Bordeaux and a group on a hen night struggle to board a plane in Belfast when the future bride's name doesn't match her ticket

• Season 10 Episode 15: EPISODE: 5

  As half a million excited football fans head for the World Cup, six of Luton's check-in staff prepare for their own charity tournament in Germany, only to learn it has been called off because of bad weather. An elderly woman misses her flight to Krakow and a passenger at Bristol is furious to be told he is too drunk to travel

• Season 10 Episode 13: EPISODE: 13

  Male stars of Hollyoaks check in at Luton en route to Sardinia and two weary football fans face losing their jobs after making a mess of booking their return flight to Newcastle. Performance artists the Poetry Vandals entertain passengers waiting for a plane to Berlin and a Paris-bound traveller misses her flight for the second day running

• Season 10 Episode 12: EPISODE: 12

  A rowdy group of Newcastle passengers are offloaded at Belfast and two girls who missed their flight to Basel find only one of them has been booked in for the transfer from Luton. Purser Bob Brain joins a hen party to Faro with his colleagues, but a couple in Bristol are not so lucky as they turn up late for their trip to Portugal

• Season 10 Episode 11: EPISODE: 11

  A big freeze across Europe brings chaos to Luton airport the day before New Year's Eve, and manager Leo Jones bears the brunt of passengers' dissatisfaction. A school ski party heading for Geneva learn that their trip is cancelled - because of the snow

• Season 10 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10

  Pilot Chris Pell treats five Belarusian orphans to a day out watching dolphins in Inverness - their first glimpse of the sea - and Newcastle United fans are excited to see their heroes jet off to Malaga for a mid-season break. A Polish passenger insists he's sober enough to fly, but gets no joy from supervisor Mary Hosier. Last in series

• Season 10 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9

  Passenger Gillian Waddell arrives at Luton Airport without her passport and is desperate to get to Edinburgh to pick up her children. Captain Chris Pell and wife Debbie greet a group of children from Belarus who have come to stay with them for a month, and at Bristol Airport student Peter Loveday and his friends need to find a way of padding their bicycles for the flight to Inverness

• Season 10 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

  A mother and son with 53 kilos of excess baggage find they cannot afford to check in for their connecting flight at Belfast and two Germans miss their plane at Luton. Airport manager Mary Hosier sorts out a passenger's paperwork problem with a swift call to Swiss Immigration and former England footballer Ian Wright gets the easyJet treatment

• Season 10 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  Cowboys, angels and Little Red Riding Hood are spotted helping out at Belfast airport as the team stage a fancy dress charity fundraiser, while easyJet pilot Ulrich Puddig attempts to set a new record for kite-surfing across the English Channel. Luton manager Leo takes pity on a passenger desperate to get home to Geneva following the death of her mother - and even parks her car for her

• Season 10 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  A party of rugby fans in Bristol hit a snag as they set off to watch the Llanelli Scarlets' match in Belfast and a penniless traveller is left stranded by a cancelled service to Berlin. The Lichtmann family make their feelings known when manager Mary Hosier tells them they have missed their plane to Madrid and must pay up for the transfer to the next day's flight

• Season 10 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

  An easyJet frequent flyer is late for the last scheduled departure of the day to Malaga and it is left to supervisor Helen Tyrell to demonstrate just how valued a customer he is. Meanwhile, airport manager Leo Jones has to deal with a Polish passenger who is too drunk to board his flight

• Season 10 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  Ted Sedman jets off to Berlin to represent Britain at the World Beard and Moustache Championship, while the family of an X Factor contestant miss their flight from Belfast because of a delay in security. At Luton, a party of sunseekers claim they were never informed their trip to Palma had been cancelled

• Season 10 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  A World War Two veteran revisits his best friend's memorial at Monte Cassino, taking along the deceased's son, while a woman and her daughter miss the check-in time for a flight to Belfast. A passenger plans a mid-air proposal and tempers flare at Bristol when travellers rerouted by an air traffic control strike have to buy new tickets to get home

• Season 10 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Leo Jones deals with an irate woman who is not allowed to take a box of Christmas crackers on board her flight home and a pregnant traveller from Switzerland demands a new pushchair as her own has been broken in transit. There is a ray of seasonal cheer at Newcastle as Alan Marshall jets off to Portugal with 20 friends to celebrate his 40th birthday

• Season 10 Episode 2: Airline

  A pilot makes the unusual decision to turn around mid-flight following an altercation on board. A couple who missed their flight the day before find only one has been booked on another flight that day, and a football team's top scorer is grounded when there are problems with his travel documents

• Season 10 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  A passenger in Belfast who has already missed two flights looks set to miss yet another when the pilot hears he has been drinking. An unexploded World War Two bomb at Schiphol airport delays flights to Amsterdam, and Luton manager Leo Jones takes his partner on the terminal floor for some Cossack dancing

• Season 10 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Company founder Stelios Haji-Iannou visits the team to celebrate easyJet's 10th anniversary and party animal Bob Brain is determined not to miss the lavish London bash, despite putting in a full day's flying first. Luton manager Leo Jones rubs shoulders with the stars at a West End premiere

Airline UK: Season 9

• Season 9 Episode 12: EPISODE: 12

  Ghana's one-man Olympic ski team flies out to compete in the qualifiers, having seen snow for the first time just a few months ago. Series veteran Jane Boulton announces she's off to work at Heathrow after eight years with easyJet, and after her battle with cancer, Katrina Batham brings her twin girls to meet manager Leo Jones

• Season 9 Episode 11: EPISODE: 11

  At the age of 101 Edith Pate conquers her fear of flying and heads for Belfast. Former check-in girl Katrina Batham visits old friends at Luton, where stewards are preparing to bare all in a Full Monty-style charity strip. Meanwhile, a new check-in system causes confusion

• Season 9 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10

  Slade give an impromptu rendition of Merry Christmas Everybody at Luton airport. In Bristol, a worried father learns his teenage son was last seen partying with an Australian girl in Prague, which may explain why he is not on the plane home. A fiery Scottish grandmother is not allowed to board her flight for Aberdeen because she has been on the whisky, and Emma Ellwood escorts a party of VIPs on her final day before starting cabin crew training

• Season 9 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9

  Veteran England international footballer Albert 'Sailor' Brown flies south from Inverness to be guest of honour at Charlton Athletic's centenary dinner and in Belfast a hen party guest bound for Liverpool discovers her passport is back home in Omagh. Friday the 13th brings chaos to strike-bound Gatwick and passenger Keith Fryst's trip to Madrid hangs in the balance when a pile-up on the M1 causes gridlock

• Season 9 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

  Former EastEnders actor Mike Reid charms the staff at Luton as he prepares to fly out to Malaga. Things turn ugly in Belfast when a family miss their flight for the second time and face paying out another £1,000 for more seats. In Bristol, staff insist a 15-year-old is not old enough to look after her 12-year-old sister on a flight

• Season 9 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  A party of war veterans head for Monte Cassino to pay their respects to fallen comrades on the 60th anniversary of VE Day. Leo Jones flies to Spain to open easyJet's new operation at the airport of Almeria, and a man who has argued with his wife asks to fly away to anywhere

• Season 9 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

  A party of young carers bound for Disneyland Paris are delayed at Luton. Kelly Roberts and Debbie Hopkins travel to audition in Manchester for parts in easyJet's first TV commercial and Emily McNeill gets an earful from an irate mother whose son hasn't got the necessary identification to travel

• Season 9 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  A hen party heading for Benidorm shatters the early morning calm at Bristol airport. Tempers fray at Belfast as a delayed plane leaves passengers stranded, and French immigration are urged to bend the rules for a girl who is recovering from a serious operation when it emerges her mother's passport has expired

• Season 9 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  Colleagues give Emma Ellwood a hair-raising send-off when she moves from passenger services to cabin crew duties. A businessman in Bristol who is 18 hours late for his flight to London expects to be put on the next plane free, and a passenger is furious to find the check-in closed after driving 200 miles to get there. Meanwhile, feathers are ruffled at Belfast as a lively hen party is delayed

• Season 9 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Bristol airport is busier than ever over the bank holiday weekend, leaving new check-in staff struggling to keep up - and an incident on the motorway makes matters worse as passengers get delayed. At Gatwick, Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears and Naomi Campbell lookalikes board a flight to Prague and frequent flyer Nick Squibb reveals why he visits the Czech city so often

• Season 9 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  Former Coronation Street star Nikki Sanderson flies to Paris to raise money for easyJet's chosen charity Wizz Kids. Leo Jones makes his PR debut in a Brighton nightclub before 2,000 people, and irate passengers at Luton threaten to cause a fire alert. Meanwhile, team leader Stephen Smith has a mystery to solve in Belfast

• Season 9 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Reggae singer Mikey Dread turns up late for his plane and tries to strike a deal with Leo Jones over new tickets. Meanwhile, travellers try to win free flights by scoring goals against former England keeper Peter Shilton, and pilot Adrian Johnson arranges a surprise for his wife's birthday

Airline UK: Season 8 (2003 - 2004)

• Season 8 Episode 12: EPISODE: 12

  The charity fashion show is a success for Helen Bramley and the Newcastle staff, while Chief Purser Bob Brain gets a birthday surprise. Things do not go so well for a passenger at Luton who manages to miss her flight three times - bad news for her boyfriend, who is waiting in Paris to propose

• Season 8 Episode 11: EPISODE: 11

  Helen Bramley struggles to recruit workmates to appear in a charity fashion show. Jane Peach waits anxiously to see if all the passengers for an overbooked flight to Athens turn up, and Giorgie Horton learns whether she's been accepted onto the training scheme

• Season 8 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10

  Gary Campbell worries a stag group will cause trouble at Liverpool Airport, but the men end up playing kiss-chase with the staff. Meanwhile, Leo Jones struggles to communicate with two Japanese passengers who have missed their flight, and a man worries he's been stood up by his Lithuanian date

• Season 8 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9

  A passenger who turns up too late for her flight to Paris announces she has a bomb in her bag and ends up in a police cell in Newcastle. In Luton, former Big Brother contestant Darren Ramsey joins the easyJet cabin crew and gets a cold blast of reality, while manager Leo Jones breaks the bad news to an irate mother that she'll have to fork out £85 for her two-year-old to fly home to Belfast

• Season 8 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

  Airport staff in Luton are unable to get into work because of blizzards. Vivian Ross explains that a series of cancelled flights has left him stuck in Zurich for two days and unable to get back to complete the sale of his house, and Liverpool supervisor Margaret Nile tries to play fairy godmother

• Season 8 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  Ricky Tomlinson turns up at John Lennon Airport, Leo Jones stops a passenger taking two boxes of dead hares onto his flight and an American faces a long wait. Meanwhile, late arrivals for an Athens-bound plane are re-routed to Heathrow for a service that gets them home at 4am on Christmas Day

• Season 8 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

  A Newcastle passenger proposes a devious ruse to get his son aboard his holiday flight without a passport, and at Luton Leo Jones faces an angry mob from Belfast who have missed their connection to Paris. A Somali family run into visa problems at Liverpool as they try to get to Switzerland

• Season 8 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  Chief Purser Bob Brain sets the scene for a spectacular marriage proposal for a Dutch traveller arriving in Liverpool - with a little help from the fire brigade at John Lennon Airport. Base Captain Chris Pell and his wife Debbie play host to two girls from Belarus affected by the Chernobyl disaster

• Season 8 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  Teething troubles delay the launch of easyJet's new fleet of Airbus aircraft and a passenger at Luton falls foul of updated regulations concerning photographic identification. In Newcastle, a traveller who missed his flight whiles away eight hours in the airport bar and puts himself in danger of being barred from boarding the next available plane

• Season 8 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Jane Boulton lets her heart rule her head when she delays the Faro flight for a pair of honeymooners held up on an incoming flight, but romance goes out of the window when the crafty couple turn out not to be newlyweds at all. Passenger assistant Giorgie Horton joins a slimming club in a bid to get in shape for a career move to cabin crew and a couple bound for Nice discover a name change on a ticket can prove very expensive indeed

• Season 8 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  New ID rules cause chaos up and down the country as passengers discover they are not permitted to fly and casting agent Estelle Lasher is furious to be denied her seat even though her plane is still on the ground. On a happier note, Luton manager Leo Jones races to tell a Barcelona-bound passenger his marriage proposal has been accepted

• Season 8 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Luton manager Leo Jones becomes involved in a life-or-death struggle to save three tropical fish, while two Pentecostal ministers in Liverpool rely on a little miracle to get them onto the Belfast flight. In Newcastle, larger-than-life local radio presenter Neil Caven wins a trip to Prague, but needs tranquillisers before he can board the plane

Airline UK: Season 7 (2003)

• Season 7 Episode 12: EPISODE: 12

  Three Australian passengers dice with death in Pamplona, where the San Fermin festival sees six wild bulls released into the streets. Dispatcher Chris Hall undertakes a fundraising feat for charity, preparing to dive into a tank full of sharks, and Bristol's computers are switched off

• Season 7 Episode 11: EPISODE: 11

  Big-hearted easyJet staff in Liverpool plan an elaborate welcome for newlywed passenger service agent Rachael as she flies back from Mauritius with husband Ben, while a double-booking mix-up causes tempers to flare at Luton - and Aaron Story finds himself squarely in the firing line

• Season 7 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10

  Jane Bolton is besieged by delayed passengers at Luton Airport, while at Liverpool, Rachael Gardner recovers from her hen night and tackles two honeymooning skydivers who want to take their own parachutes on a flight. Phil Ansell spends a relaxing weekend with his aerobatics team the Aerostars

• Season 7 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9

  The easyJet crew uses a series of therapies to help a woman with a fear of flying pluck up enough courage to board a plane and visit her nieces in Spain. Liverpool check-in girl Rachel Gardner deals with a passenger who has dislocated both knees while trying to think about her forthcoming wedding

• Season 7 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

  An Elvis impersonator flies from Liverpool to Malaga, determined to practise his act en route, while delays on the M1 spell chaos for Luton's sales desk staff. Leo is overjoyed when his idol Nadine Coyle of Girls Aloud turns up in the departure lounge, but acting supervisor Aaron Story has a hard time with irate passengers who have missed their flight to Glasgow

• Season 7 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  Tempers become frayed as traffic jams make passengers miss their planes, including a couple bound for a funeral in Italy. A French student mistakenly goes to Heathrow instead of Luton and finds she is too late to get to Paris. At Liverpool there are happier scenes as Simon Whiteford dons a clown costume to greet girlfriend Helen Saunders in the arrivals lounge with a marriage proposal

• Season 7 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

  A Blackburn Rovers fan gets flak from his flight steward as he makes the regular trip from Switzerland, where he works, to support his team at Ewood Park and Sarah Teale encounters an irate Swiss businessman at Liverpool who won't take no for an answer. Former Go staff in Bristol have mixed reactions to their new orange easyJet uniforms and a family flying to scatter their father's ashes in his beloved France discover they've brought the wrong passport and face a hectic dash to make the check-in with the right documents

• Season 7 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  As former Go staff get used to the new easyJet colour scheme, the recent introduction of a 40-minute check-in causes Lorna Harrison a few headaches at Liverpool. A passenger's Valentine's Day rendezvous in Amsterdam is ruined by a delayed flight, and Leo Jones tries to win back stewardess Mel. Meanwhile, a man manages to lose his wife in the Luton terminal

• Season 7 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  A freak blizzard holds Luton Airport in its icy grip, and tempers become heated as passengers begin to realise they are trapped for an extra night. At Bristol, re-routed travellers face a hefty bill for a coach to transfer them to Stansted, while in snow-free Liverpool, a Belfast-bound passenger refuses to accept responsibility for a wrongly dated ticket. The only people who appear to be enjoying the weather are a father and son heading for St Moritz to compete in a race on the Cresta Run

• Season 7 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  A passenger at John Lennon Airport is caught smuggling a cat in her handbag. Supervisor Jo Dempsey tries to get an engagement ring to its owner via the cockpit window, and a Tina Turner impersonator is diverted from Luton to Stansted Airport in a desperate effort to get to Belfast

• Season 7 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  Richard Branson turns up at the press conference marking the departure of easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Antony Costa reveals a talent for impersonations. The afternoon flight to Malaga is delayed because of a cracked windscreen, and a passenger arrives at Liverpool without her passport

• Season 7 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Bride-to-be Sarah Graham has a disappointing encounter with a James Bond lookalike in Luton and an aggrieved passenger causes headaches for staff at Liverpool's John Lennon airport. Bristol supervisor Gemma has doubts about allowing a 12-year-old to fly with a supposed family friend

Airline UK: Season 6 (2002 - 2004)

• Season 6 Episode 18: EPISODE: 18

  It is a big day for easyJet's Liverpool staff as the Queen is due to open John Lennon Airport, while Luton supervisor Leo Jones gives a drunken passenger an ultimatum. Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson gets a taste of life as a stewardess as she does research for an in-flight magazine article

• Season 6 Episode 17: EPISODE: 17

  Computers crash at the air-traffic control centre in Swanwick, which coordinates flights all over southern England, leaving around 4,000 passengers stranded - and Luton supervisor Leo Jones finds himself in the firing line. As the chaos reaches its peak, he decides radical action is called for - and closes down the customer services desk altogether

• Season 6 Episode 16: EPISODE: 16

  Two passengers at Luton airport are told they may be too drunk to fly to Malaga, and an irate businessman demands compensation when his flight is cancelled due to a French air strike. Over in Liverpool, Sue Barnard and Lianne Bell prepare for a sponsored charity bungee jump from a cable car in the Swiss Alps

• Season 6 Episode 15: EPISODE: 15

  The easyJet staff get an unusual reaction from a woman who's missed her flight, while dispatcher Paul Houlihan hopes to move from dispatch to cabin crew. In Luton a mother and her 13-day-old baby are offloaded because the child is legally too young to fly, by just six hours

• Season 6 Episode 14: EPISODE: 14

  A courier rushes a trophy from London to Luton in rush-hour traffic, hoping to reach TV star Nick Knowles before his flight to Glasgow, where he is due to present the award. Angela Daniel pulls strings to allow a passenger with a burnt passport to board her plane, and air traffic control problems bring Luton to a standstill

• Season 6 Episode 13: EPISODE: 13

  Luton check-in desk supervisor Brett Holland has to deal with abusive language from passengers who've turned up late and been refused permission to board a flight to Amsterdam. Similar problems arise in Liverpool, where a doctor arrives after check-in has closed and misses his plane to Nice by just a few minutes, but on a lighter note, a radio listener asks easyJet staff to help her win a car from local station Imagine FM

• Season 6 Episode 12: EPISODE: 12

  Jane Boulton struggles to overcome her fear of heights to play Cupid for a passenger who's hoping his 40ft banner will persuade his girlfriend to accept his proposal. Meanwhile, pilot Tony Underwood steps out from the cockpit to help two autistic boys get to grips with flying

• Season 6 Episode 11: EPISODE: 11

  A customer who has missed his flight to Barcelona insists that not all of the clocks at Luton Airport are set to Greenwich Mean Time, and a football challenge takes place between Luton and their northern rivals Liverpool. Meanwhile, Leo Jones investigates the case of Mr Clilverd's 19-year-old son, who failed to catch two flights to Amsterdam and hasn't been in touch since

• Season 6 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10

  Pilot Mike Jameson plays Father Christmas for 40 Luton schoolchildren, but festive cheer is scarce on the ground as anxious travellers struggle to reach their families in time for the holiday. An Inverness-bound mother of twins discovers to her horror that company policy demands one adult per child, and a Liverpool traveller tries to cut through red tape to join his parents in Geneva

• Season 6 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9

  Purser Vicki Cox's boyfriend Nigel sneaks aboard a routine flight to ask for her hand in marriage. Pilots Mike Jamieson and Tony Underwood get to grips with the airport's simulator, and airline boss Stelios is asked to come to the aid of a wedding speaker who has missed his flight to Aberdeen

• Season 6 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

  Purser Mark Hobson holds an impromptu in-flight quiz in preparation for his appearance on a TV show, a determined businesswoman makes heroic efforts to get to her meeting in Glasgow after missing her plane and a girl with an expired passport makes her holiday flight with a minute to spare

• Season 6 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  Siobhan has a headache in Liverpool, sorting out a family on a delayed flight who have missed their connection to Belfast, while passengers at Luton learn their flight has been postponed for two days by a freak snowfall in Athens. Duty manager Alan Darbyshire hears good news about his kidney transplant and easyJet owner Stelios looks forward to the announcement of his company's first year of trading on the stock market

• Season 6 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

  Several women cause a commotion while celebrating a retirement, a man refuses to fly without his treasured viola and a member of the ground crew gets the chance to become a cabin-crew member

• Season 6 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  Luton manager Alan Derbyshire prepares to receive a donor kidney from his wife Gill. Supervisor Kwasi Addai turns a deaf ear to the pleas of a passenger who turns up late and misses his check-in, while a group of high-spirited Scouse women bound for Palma cause a stir

• Season 6 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  News of the September 11 terrorist attacks reaches Luton and it is not long before airport supervisor Leo Jones is besieged by anxious passengers seeking further information. The knock-on effect soon begins to bite, with easyJet being forced to delay or cancel a flurry of flights, and security is given a higher priority than ever before

• Season 6 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Business students go wild at a bizarre festival near Valencia, Spain, where 25,000 people gather annually to pelt each other with tomatoes. Liverpool check-in assistant Alex Persaud prepares to take up a new position, while Vinnie Jones signs autographs for fans as he passes through Luton en route to a charity golf tournament

• Season 6 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  Jane Boulton offers moral support as passenger services agent Leo Jones bids for promotion. Check-in staff are treated to an impromptu show by strippers the Dreamboys, but tensions rise when a passenger turns up late for a delayed flight and a 13-year-old is told she cannot fly to Ireland without adult supervision

• Season 6 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  The easyJet staff deal with a couple who think they have arrived in plenty of time for their flight, but are actually a day late according to computer records

Airline UK: Season 5 (2002)

• Season 5 Episode 12: EPISODE: 12

  Confusion over check in times causes problems in Luton, while a lost passport holds up a planes departure. Last in series

• Season 5 Episode 11: EPISODE: 11

  A 14-year-old boy tries to check in without a passport, and Leo goes for an early promotion

• Season 5 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10

  Fog descends on Luton airport, ensuring new boy Leo Jones has his hands full dealing with the disruption. Captain Mike Jameson struggles to play a quiet round of golf thanks to the intervention of an unlikely person, and Liverpool-based Leanne Chung has disappointing news for a Dublin-bound traveller

• Season 5 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9

  Rock band Marillion arrive with excess baggage, a plane bound for Malaga turns out to be too small for the passengers and a snowboarder regrets his decision to travel without insurance. In Luton, a group of friends heading to Aberdeen for a weekend's drinking get separated

• Season 5 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

  Coronation Street star Beverley Callard (Liz McDonald) jets off to the sun, and a passenger in Liverpool is unable to contain her anger at missing her flight. Meanwhile, owner Stelios Haji-Ioannou floats easyJet onto the stock market in a bid to expand the company

• Season 5 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  An angry passenger causes tempers to fray at the sales desk, and security are quickly summoned to the scene. Computer problems lead to friction in Geneva and two aspiring new recruits are interviewed for a passenger service position

• Season 5 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

  An angry passenger demands a refund, after late public transport causes him to miss his flight, while comic performer Kit Hesketh-Harvey composes a song about easyJet

• Season 5 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  A passenger is grounded when he discovers easyJet no longer accepts cash for tickets. Meanwhile, a man unexpectedly spends his Christmas at an airport

• Season 5 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  Ethan refuses to check in a passenger while a family's flight to Majorca is cancelled due to overloaded plane

• Season 5 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Furious passengers miss their check-in time and try to storm through passport control, sparking a security alert. Former England rugby international Tony Underwood tries his hand at flying an easyJet plane, and Spanish-speaking ground stewardess Vanessa Fonseca helps two shipwrecked fishermen from the Ivory Coast who are stranded at the airport without visas

• Season 5 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  A woman conquers her fear of flying and a Belfast passenger is disgruntled at missing her plane

• Season 5 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Airport staff at Luton face a mutiny when a passenger flight to Nice is rescheduled, and a woman mislays her bag in Liverpool

Airline UK: Season 4 (2003 - 2004)

• Season 4 Episode 14: EPISODE: 14

  Behind the scenes with airport staff as they deal with the daily hassles of delays, difficult passengers and lost luggage - trying to keep a cool head in the most stressful situations

• Season 4 Episode 13: EPISODE: 13

  Chris Hughes and his friends have missed their flight to Amsterdam, but Chris's temper tantrum leaves supervisor Brett Holland wondering whether to ban the group from flying altogether. A woman taking part in a radio competition convinces the London office to allow her to fly to Barcelona for free, and a Greek couple arrive a day late for their flight

• Season 4 Episode 12: EPISODE: 12

  A Liverpool plane has a new engine installed, and must pass safety tests before taking to the sky. Meanwhile, Graham's wedding day arrives, causing celebration among staff

• Season 4 Episode 11: EPISODE: 11

  A woman finds herself on a flight to Palma, Majorca, when she is meant to be going to Parma, Italy

• Season 4 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10

  A groom-to-be on his stag weekend is blindfolded, gagged, ear-plugged and handcuffed so he will not know where he is going. Yet he still has to make it through Luton airport

• Season 4 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9

  Delays in Luton and Liverpool enrage passengers and cause chaos for check-in staff as they deal with all the complaints

• Season 4 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

  Two Blind Date contestants practise their questions on the check-in staff in Liverpool, and cabin crew recruits get put through their paces

• Season 4 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  Snow in Luton causes delays and frayed tempers, and Katrina must deal with an intimidating holiday-maker

• Season 4 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

  Check-in supervisor Graham Fraser prepares to marry, but first has to deal with a succession of damsels in distress. Jane Boulton tackles an angry passenger called Mr Cross, and purser Jayny Stock is reunited with her beloved dog Bluey, while a fire alarm ruins check-in assistant Stephen Elwood's last day with easyJet

• Season 4 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  Jane Boulton has a bad day as many passengers miss their flight after failing to hear an announcement that its departure has been brought forward. A defective plane causes delays at Liverpool and Katrina is asked to help smuggle a mysterious masked man through security at Luton

• Season 4 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  A cabin crew trainee has to deal with a plane full of drunken football supporters, and a Blind Date contestant tries out his chat-up lines on Katrina. Tempers fray at Luton as overnight snow causes long delays

• Season 4 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  A passenger tries to take tortoises through the X-ray machine en route to Majorca, and check-in girl Katrina's hair gets her into trouble

• Season 4 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  A passenger with a fear of flying causes problems, and fog in Luton means chaos for incoming and connecting flights

• Season 4 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Katrina bears the brunt of passengers' anger when flights to Nice are delayed by fog. A couple who have missed their flight receive little sympathy from Jane, and a fashion designer is dismayed to learn the two chandeliers she's transporting are too big to fit on the plane

• Season 4 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  A new easyJet initiative is launched, and crew staff on a flight to Majorca deal with a meal shortage

• Season 4 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  New flight attendant Georgie has a baptism of fire as a riotous stag party board the plane, while Captain McBride swaps his usual 737 for the joys of piloting a vintage fighter. Plus, a woman with a fear of flying takes radical steps to conquer her phobia

• Season 4 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Check-in personnel deal with passengers angry that their flight has been delayed, and interviews for new pilots get under way

Airline UK: Season 3 (2001 - 2004)

• Season 3 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10

  EasyJet boss Stelios hands out money in Geneva airport; a wannabe model jets to Nice for the final of a pageant.

• Season 3 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9

  School children meet their pen pals; a rugby team flies to Barcelona; Mark proposes to Heather; Katrina finds work very tiring after her illness; Jane decides to leave EasyJet; Kevin and another dispatcher have a bitter row; James views the eclipse.

• Season 3 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

  A pair of podium dancers fly one-way to Mallorca, and a passenger becomes emotional when his girlfriend abandons him at the check-in desk

• Season 3 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  Supervisor Jane Boulton is all of a flutter as Eighties pop icon Simon Le Bon flies into Luton, and a Spanish hunk makes her acquaintance. Meanwhile, a bride-to-be loses her passport, leaving her with only an hour to find it before her flight leaves, and Ferrari hunter Simon Empson heads for Geneva

• Season 3 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

  Captain James McBride arranges some unusual in-flight entertainment for Liverpool FC, and check-in girl Katrina plays a practical joke on her supervisor. Pee Pee the hamster is refused permission to fly to Greece with his owner, and a 79-year-old Scot also finds himself stuck at the airport

• Season 3 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  A determined passenger uses all her womanly wiles to get on a full flight to Edinburgh, Alex faces his biggest test yet in his bid to become a dispatcher and Leo sorts out the chaos that ensues when a flight to Inverness develops problems. Duty manager Alan Darbyshire copes with dialysis four times a day following kidney failure, but finally gets the green light for a transplant, with his wife donating the necessary organ

• Season 3 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  Check-in supervisor Jane Boulton shows a caring side to her nature, and aerobatic pilot James McBride loops the loop in a bid to get his licence renewed. In Luton, an amorous couple leave Katrina feeling nauseous, while EasyJet passenger Adrian Cave flies to Zurich to audition at an opera studio

• Season 3 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  The airport adventures continue as Katrina samples the duty-free, Captain McBride passes his test and Frank Bruno climbs aboard a Liverpool flight

• Season 3 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Check-in girl Katrina gets the all clear for cancer, a brass band entertains fellow passengers, and Manchester United fans fly out to watch their team in the European Cup final

• Season 3 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  Behind the scenes with airport staff as they deal with lively rugby players, Scottish school children travelling to meet their pen-pals and an in-flight marriage proposal

• Season 3 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Check-in girl Katrina faces her first day back after cancer treatment, manager Jane prepares for a confrontation with a late flyer, and rumours circulate that Sharon Stone is on a flight

Airline UK: Season 2 (2001 - 2004)

• Season 2 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

  EasyJet employee Katrina finally leaves for her long-awaited honeymoon with new husband Julian, while her work colleagues descend on Brussels to protest against rival airline Go

• Season 2 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  Check-in attendant Katrina gets the result of her cancer scan and assistant supervisor Jane Boulton sets off for Belfast to help launch easyJet's new route to Northern Ireland. Air dispatcher Kevin Reardon prepares to welcome the Queen, who is on her way to to Liverpool Airport, but realises at the last minute that he will not be able to meet her in person

• Season 2 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

  An unruly stag party disrupts proceedings at Luton's departure lounge, as a drunken reveller tries to wangle his way aboard a plane. Over at Liverpool Airport, the staff are awaiting the arrival of the Red Arrows en route to an air show, while check-in girl Katrina faces an emotional dilemma

• Season 2 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  The day of Katrina's wedding arrives, but her doctors are concerned she will not be fit enough to go through with it. In Liverpool, Kevin puts on a show for the George Formby fan club, and an absent-minded DJ on his way to Barcelona keeps Jane Boulton occupied in Luton

• Season 2 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  Check-in girl Katrina's cancer treatment leaves her feeling too ill to attend her own wedding rehearsal, while staff absences at Liverpool cause a crisis

• Season 2 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  The terrorism threat is brought home to staff with a realistic training programme, a cancer sufferer takes a break for her hen night, and pop group Bucks Fizz cause a stir in the departure lounge

• Season 2 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  Troubleshooter Jane Boulton waits anxiously for 50 Nice-bound passengers delayed by a motorway crash and Captain Pete Woods discovers he's on course for the wrong part of France. At Liverpool airport, Jennifer realises her trip to Amsterdam looks doomed : since her passport is still in Manchester

• Season 2 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Live lobsters, VIPs and an actress's dog vie for space on outgoing flights - but unfortunately not all of them make it through customs, leading to angry scenes and recriminations all round

Airline UK: Season 1 (2003)

• Season 1 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

  As the England football team touch 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

• Season 1 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

  Behind the scenes with airport staff as they deal with the daily hassles of delays, difficult passengers and lost luggage, trying to stay calm in the most stressful of situations

• Season 1 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

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

• Season 1 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  Behind the scenes with airport staff as they deal with the daily hassles of delays, difficult passengers and lost luggage, trying to stay calm in the most stressful of situations

• Season 1 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

  Britannia staff discover Majorca isn't 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 in Spain and it's crunch time for Aaron and Jason on their cabin crew training course

• Season 1 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Behind the scenes with airport staff as they deal with the daily hassles of delays, difficult passengers and lost luggage, trying to stay calm in the most stressful of situations

• Season 1 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Trainee stewards Aaron and Jason deal with emergency slides and awkward passengers, while two passengers destined for a luxury cruise miss their connecting flight

• Season 1 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  A 12-year-old girl presents officials with passport problems, while a wedding in the Dominican Republic keeps flight attendants busy - but they are finally given the chance to live it up in the Caribbean

• Season 1 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  Behind the scenes with airport staff as they deal with the daily hassles of delays, difficult passengers and lost luggage, trying to stay calm in the most stressful of situations

• Season 1 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

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

• Season 1 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Behind the scenes with airport staff as they deal with the daily hassles of delays, difficult passengers and lost luggage, trying to stay calm in the most stressful of situations

Airline UK: Special (2003)

• Katrina's Story : Part One

  First of a two-part special charting easyJet check-in girl Katrina Leeder's battle against cancer. With the day of Katrina's wedding fast approaching, emotions are running high as she fears the doctors will not allow the ceremony to go ahead. Will what should have been one of the high points of her life be another occasion of sadness?

• Katrina's Story : Part Two

  Conclusion of a two-part special charting Katrina Leeder's very public battle against cancer. Struggling with the devastating effects of chemotherapy, the check-in clerk ponders her future : will her long blonde hair ever grow back and should she follow her heart toward a new career? Finally, after four years with easyJet, a tearful Katrina prepares to bid farewell to her colleagues and friends at the airline