Ready for Takeoff

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Ready for Takeoff
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Title card for Ready for Takeoff
Genre Factual
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes11
Production
Running time30 minutes (Season 1)
60 minutes (Season 2)
Production company FremantleMedia Australia
Original release
Network Nine Network
Release30 October 2015 (2015-10-30) 
11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)
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Ready for Takeoff is an Australian observational and airline television series aired on the Nine Network on 30 October 2015. [1] The series was renewed for a second season and premiered on 7 October 2016. [2]

Contents

The series takes viewers behind the scenes of operations at Australian airline Qantas, who funded the production of the program. [3]

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 830 October 2015 (2015-10-30)23 December 2015 (2015-12-23)
2 57 October 2016 (2016-10-07)11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

No.TitleOriginal air dateAustralian viewers
1"Episode 1"30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)459,000 [4]
2"Episode 2"6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)542,000 [5]
3"Episode 3"13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)536,000 [6]
4"Episode 4"20 November 2015 (2015-11-20)508,000 [7]
5"Episode 5"2 December 2015 (2015-12-02)702,000 [8]
6"Episode 6"9 December 2015 (2015-12-09)649,000 [9]
7"Episode 7"16 December 2015 (2015-12-16)573,000 [10]
8"Episode 8"23 December 2015 (2015-12-23)429,000 [11]

Season 2 (2016)

No.TitleOriginal air dateAustralian viewers
1"Episode 1"7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)404,000 [12]
2"Episode 2"14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)485,000 [13]
3"Episode 3"21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)423,000 [14]
4"Episode 4"28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)455,000 [15]
5"Episode 5"11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)414,000 [16]

Broadcast

Internationally, the series airs in Ireland on TV3, debuting on 6 July 2016. [17]

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