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{{Infobox television
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| genre                = Factual
| creator              =
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| narrated             = [[Corinne Grant]]
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| country              = Australia
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| num_seasons          = 3
| num_episodes         = 24
| list_episodes        =
| producer             =
| executive_producer   = Lyndal Marks
| location             = [[Melbourne Airport|Melbourne]], [[Gold Coast Airport|Coolangatta]], [[Rockhampton Airport|Rockhampton]], [[Mackay Airport|Mackay]], [[Adelaide Airport|Adelaide]], [[Launceston Airport|Launceston]], [[Hobart Airport|Hobart]] & [[Alice Springs Airport|Alice Springs]] airports
| camera               =
| runtime              = 30 minutes
| network              = [[Seven Network]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2009|7|14|df=y}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2012}}
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'''''Air Ways''''' was an Australian [[factual television]] series broadcast on the [[Seven Network]], narrated by [[Corinne Grant]] and produced by Lyndal Marks,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/airways/article/-/article/5707516/|title=About Air Ways|publisher=Yahoo! Australia|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20091001182528/http://au.tv.yahoo.com/airways/article/-/article/5707516/|archivedate=1 October 2009}}</ref> the executive producer in charge of [[Border Security: Australia's Front Line|Border Security]]. It began screening in July 2009 and was filmed in airports including [[Melbourne Airport|Melbourne]], [[Gold Coast Airport|Coolangatta]], [[Rockhampton Airport|Rockhampton]], [[Mackay Airport|Mackay]], [[Adelaide Airport|Adelaide]], [[Launceston Airport|Launceston]], [[Hobart Airport|Hobart]] and [[Alice Springs Airport|Alice Springs]].
''Air Ways'' followed the day-to-day operations of budget airline [[Tigerair Australia]]. It had a similar premise to the successful UK factual television series ''[[Airline (1998 TV series)|Airline]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wotnews.com.au/like/seven_announces_new_airline_reality_show/3489625/ |title=Seven announces new airline reality show - Analysis |access-date=26 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701120202/http://wotnews.com.au/like/seven_announces_new_airline_reality_show/3489625/ |archive-date=1 July 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Reception==
===Ratings===
''Air Ways'' had a strong debut, attracting an audience of 1.216&nbsp;million for its first episode. Subsequent episodes have been watched by over 1.3&nbsp;million viewers a week. On 25 August 2009, it was the second most popular show of the day.<ref>[http://www.bandt.com.au/dirplus/images/bttoday/newsletter/26_08_2009.pdf TV Ratings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902025124/http://www.bandt.com.au/dirplus/images/BTToday/newsletter/26_08_2009.pdf |date=2 September 2009 }} – B&T Today, ''26 August 2009''</ref>
''Air Ways'' was ranked 7th in the top 15 shows for the week ending 25 July 2009 and 13th for the week ending 1 August 2009.<ref>[http://www.bandt.com.au/dirplus/images/bttoday/newsletter/27_07_2009.pdf TV Ratings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806094616/http://www.bandt.com.au/dirplus/images/bttoday/newsletter/27_07_2009.pdf |date=6 August 2009 }} – B&T Today, ''27 July 2009''</ref><ref>[http://www.bandt.com.au/dirplus/images/bttoday/newsletter/03_08_2009.pdf TV Ratings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806094524/http://www.bandt.com.au/dirplus/images/bttoday/newsletter/03_08_2009.pdf |date=6 August 2009 }} – B&T Today, ''3 August 2009''</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" width=85%
! width=1%|Episode No.
! width=1%|Airdate
! width=1%|Ratings (in millions)
! width=1%|Nightly Rank
|-
| 1
| 14 July 2009
| 1.216
| 7th
|-
| 2
| 21 July 2009
| 1.549
| 4th
|-
| 3
| 28 July 2009
|  1.412
| 6th
|-
| 4
| 4 August 2009
|  1.379
| 6th
|-
| 5
| 11 August 2009
|  1.334
| 7th
|-
| 6
| 18 August 2009
|  1.306
| 7th
|-
| 7
| 25 August 2009
|  1.443
| 2nd
|-
| 8
| 1 September 2009
|  1.310
| 6th
|}
Season 2 of ''Air Ways'' also had a strong debut in a new Sunday evening time slot, ending up being the fourth most popular show of the night. The show continued to improve, moving to the number one position for several weeks running. Note that the final episode was in fact a repeat of a season one episode, perhaps explaining the sudden ratings slip.<ref>[http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/02/week-7-3.html TV Ratings] – TV Tonight, ''8 February 2010''</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" width=85%
! width=1%|Episode No.
! width=1%|Airdate
! width=1%|Ratings (in millions)
! width=1%|Nightly Rank
|-
| 9
| 7 February 2010
| 1.327
| 4th
|-
| 10
| 14 February 2010
| 1.351
| 3rd
|-
| 11
| 21 February 2010
| 1.267
| 3rd
|-
| 12
| 28 February 2010
| 1.342
| 2nd
|-
| 13
| 7 March 2010
| 1.432
| 2nd
|-
| 14
| 14 March 2010
| 1.488
| 1st
|-
| 15
| 21 March 2010
| 1.467
| 1st
|-
| 16
| 28 March 2010
| 1.097
| 7th
|}
==Reviews==
[[TV Tonight]], an Australian television blog, rated ''Air Ways'' three stars out of five, saying that this format "makes for tasty voyeurism" and that "it will be very entertaining to those who eat up this genre."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/07/airways.html|title=Airways &#124; TV Tonight}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Airline (1998 TV series)]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://au.tv.yahoo.com/airways/ Official site] – ''Yahoo!7''
{{Aviation reality television}}
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[[Category:2009 Australian television series debuts]]
[[Category:2012 Australian television series endings]]
[[Category:Australian factual television series]]
[[Category:Documentary television series about aviation]]
[[Category:Seven Network original programming]]
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