Ready for Takeoff

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]

Ready for Takeoff
Title card for Ready for Takeoff
Genre	Factual
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	11
Production
Running time	30 minutes (Season 1) 60 minutes (Season 2)
Production company	FremantleMedia Australia
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	30 October 2015 – 11 November 2016
Chronology
Preceded by	Airport 24/7: Miami
External links
Website
Production website

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

Series overview

Series		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	8		30 October 2015	23 December 2015
	2	5		7 October 2016	11 November 2016

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

No.	Title	Original air date	Australian viewers
1	"Episode 1"	30 October 2015	459,000[4]
2	"Episode 2"	6 November 2015	542,000[5]
3	"Episode 3"	13 November 2015	536,000[6]
4	"Episode 4"	20 November 2015	508,000[7]
5	"Episode 5"	2 December 2015	702,000[8]
6	"Episode 6"	9 December 2015	649,000[9]
7	"Episode 7"	16 December 2015	573,000[10]
8	"Episode 8"	23 December 2015	429,000[11]

Season 2 (2016)

No.	Title	Original air date	Australian viewers
1	"Episode 1"	7 October 2016	404,000[12]
2	"Episode 2"	14 October 2016	485,000[13]
3	"Episode 3"	21 October 2016	423,000[14]
4	"Episode 4"	28 October 2016	455,000[15]
5	"Episode 5"	11 November 2016	414,000[16]

Broadcast

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

See also

• Airways, a similar 2009 series behind the scenes of Tiger Airways Australia.

References

1. "Airdate: Ready for Take-Off". TV Tonight. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
2. "Returning: Ready for Takeoff". TV Tonight. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
3. Ward, Miranda (3 December 2015). "Nine shifts Qantas funded Ready for Takeoff to Wednesday and sees audience soar". Mumbrella. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
4. Knox, David (10 November 2015). "Timeshifted: Friday 30 October 2015". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
5. Knox, David (22 November 2015). "Timeshifted: Friday 6 November 2015". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
6. Knox, David (26 November 2015). "Timeshifted: Friday 13 November 2015". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
7. Knox, David (2 December 2015). "Timeshifted: Friday 20 November 2015". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
8. Knox, David (14 December 2015). "Timeshifted: Wednesday 2 December 2015". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
9. Knox, David (18 December 2015). "Timeshifted: Wednesday 9 December 2015". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
10. Knox, David (24 December 2015). "Timeshifted: Wednesday 16 December 2015". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
11. Knox, David (8 January 2015). "Timeshifted: Wednesday 23 December 2015". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
12. Knox, David (17 October 2016). "Timeshifted: Friday 7 October 2016". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
13. Knox, David (25 October 2016). "Timeshifted: Friday 14 October 2016". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
14. Knox, David (2 November 2016). "Timeshifted: Friday 21 October 2016". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
15. Knox, David (13 November 2016). "Timeshifted: Friday 28 October 2016". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
16. Knox, David (20 November 2016). "Timeshifted: Friday 11 November 2016". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
17. Harrison, Bernice (1 July 2016). "Television: A story to chill the soul and a couple to warm the heart". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 October 2016.