46min - In an airport where time is money, a routine tail-fin repair on a $208 million dollar A330 jet hangs in the balance. Two trainee Airside Operations Controllers have to guide multi-million dollar aircraft precisely to their parking stands, and with the airport near full capacity handling 57 million passengers a year, the new $3.2 billion concourse is trialed to test.
46min - Ultimate Airport follows engineers narrowly averting a crisis in the 55 mile (90 km) baggage system; rookie cabin crew find out if they have what it takes to fly, and the construction team behind the new concourse feel the heat as more than 200 volunteers test whether it's ready to be used by the public.
46min - At Dubai International, one of the busiest airports in the world, the pressure is always on. Sixty thousand staff work round the clock to keep everything running to schedule. In this episode, engines, cargo and construction materials all go missing – pushing an airport already near capacity, to the breaking point.
46min - Behind the scenes 60,000 people from across the globe are hard at work. From ensuring the safety of the runway surface to dealing with drunken passengers, this episode of "Ultimate Airport" offers a rare chance to get to know the unsung men and women carrying out the often overlooked but vital tasks that make this multi-billion dollar airport run smoothly.
46min - To maintain its place as one of the busiest airports in the world, Dubai International needs to run like clockwork. Failure in any single department can have major consequences across the whole airport. This episode follows an emergency in air traffic control that leads to a runway closure, and a huge task to re-number every departure gate in the airport while it is operational.
46min - Among the daily challenges for the 60,000 staff who keep Dubai International on track: Khalil has to help a family stranded in the terminal; Nargis has to free a cargo of meat that’s stuck in desert heat; and Suzanne has to ensure the timely completion of the new Concourse A.
46min - Delivering ambitious expansion plans while keeping one of the fastest growing airports in the world on track leads to testing times for Dubai International staff who deal with a couple bumped off a flight to their dream holiday, some temperamental VIP passengers, and checking the undercarriage of the world’s biggest passenger jet.
46min - 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. Meanwhile, Dubai Airport is working to open a $3.2 billion-dollar extension to Terminal 3 with 20 new departure gates, but getting everything built, tested, and ready to open on time will be an enormous challenge.
46min - Though the airport and airlines try to prepare for every eventuality, more than one million passengers every week inevitably bring constant and unusual challenges. Throw in the uncontrollable – fog, faulty alarms in the brand new concourse, no show passengers – and it's business as usual for staff who have to think on their feet, fast, to keep the airport running on time and on track.
46min - On this episode: John Taylor needs split-second timing to drive live runways between take-offs and landings to look for potentially dangerous debris. Missing passengers threaten to wreck Mustapha Bourouche's plans to get the Perth flight away on time, and there are headaches for engineer Mian Talat Abbas as a 208 million dollar A330-200 jet refuses to budge when the parking brake is released.
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