TLC’s new series On the Fly, which follows Southwest Airlines passengers and crew in several airports, is essentially the same series as Airline, which aired on A&E for three seasons in 2004 and 2005. That’s great, because both are engaging series that capture what happens every day: shenanigans at airports involving passengers and employees who …
TLC announced yesterday that it had ordered a 13-episode series following Southwest Airlines employees and passengers–exactly like an A&E series did back in 2004 and 2005. The show is even produced by the same company. The new series will be filmed starting this weekend at Baltimore/Washington Airport and Denver International Airport, and include other airports, …
Two of A&E’s breakout reality hits have been cancelled. Growing up Gotti, which followed Victoria Gotti and her three heavily-gelled sons, and Airline, which followed Southwest airlines employees and passengers at a number of airports have both been killed after three seasons each. However, Dog the Bounty Hunter, which follows a bounty hunter and his …
Airline renewed, expands to Houston. A third season of A&E’s Airline has been ordered, and it will include a new airport. The crew and passengers of Southwest Airlines at Houston Hobby will find themselves profiled on the half-hour series; that airport joins LAX, Chicago Midway, and Baltimore/Washington. Episodes start taping in early 2005 and will …
season two of Airline starts tonight. The second season of A&E’s Airline debuts tonight, with new episodes airing at 10 and 10:30 p.m. ET. So just how do camera crews find subjects, and how do those subjects react? The Washington Post reports that there are “tricks for engaging the passenger in the filming process.” The …
number of applications to work for Southwest triples the day after Airline airs. The day after A&E’s Airline airs, Southwest Airlines gets more than three times the regular number of applications for employment. According to Reuters, the airline “typically receives about 180 job applications a day, but that number regularly nears 600 on Tuesdays after …
six new Airline episodes start tonight. Although the first season of A&E’s Airline has concluded (a second is on the way), the network is breaking out six new episodes starting tonight. In the new episodes, which are subtitled “Excess Baggage,” “Interviews with featured Southwest employees mix with never-before-seen footage to give a more honest and …