[1] In December 2013 Nick Catliff, Managing Director for Lion Television, said: 'It took a long time to persuade BA to give us access but we are now in the thick of filming.
[2] The first episode in the series looks at British Airways' efforts to escape the financial crisis it has been suffering in recent years, featuring the introduction of the Airbus A380 into its fleet, and cameras go behind 'millionaires door' at Heathrow's Terminal 5 to see what is experienced by the airline's first class passengers.
The episode also follows the airline's new cabin crew recruits as they begin their training, and the staff at the British Airways HQ at Waterside with the task of juggling around aircraft when maintenance overruns or when unexpected problems occur.
In this episode cameras follow the airline as it launches a new route to Chengdu, China, and investigate the company's major operations out of New York City.
The episode looks back on the days of supersonic flight, when Concorde was the centre of British Airways' fleet, flying the airline's Blue Ribbon route between London and New York.