Dubai Airport

DUBAI - Trainee firefighters celebrating after passing their assessment.

Dubai International Airport - Nizel Fernandes with airside operations at the tail end of an Airbus A380.

(photo credit: National Geographic Channels/Stephen Moro)

DUBAI AIRPORT, UAE - Mel Sabharwal - Airport Services Manager. (Photo Credit: © National Geographic Channels/John Bonny)

DUBAI - Mel Sabharwal at boarding gate.??(photo credit: Arrow Media/John Bonny)

DUBAI AIRPORT, UAE - Wide shot of the left wing of Concourse B from the Air Traffic Control tower, overlooking a fleet of Emirates planes. (Photo Credit: © National Geographic Channels/Andy Davies)

Dubai International Airport - Mel Sabharwal, Airport Services Manager, on the radio.??

Dubai International Airport - Airside operations load cargo onto a plane.

DUBAI - Mel Sabharwal, Airport Services Manager.

DUBAI - Mel Sabharwal, Airport Services Manager.

Dubai Internatioanl Airport - Humaid Mohammad Alhaj, Senior Inspections Officer, on duty in customs.??

Einem Zollbeamten geht ein dicker Fang ins Netz, als er einen Mann durchsucht. Es stellt sich heraus, dass er Kokain im Wert von 135.000 Dollar schmuggeln wollte. Derweil hat Bodendienstleister Carl Knight Probleme mit der Unterbringung von Gepäck in einem Flug nach Afghanistan und Managerin Laura Brannigan mit dem Testparken eines 330-Millionen-Dollar-Flugzeugs. Gleichzeitig werden zwei erfahrene Piloten in diversen Notfallszenarien eines A380 getestet.

Fifty million passengers, 6,000 flights a week and a lot of baggage equals an incredible task for Dubai airport staff.

Dubai Airport, UAE - David (Dave) Storey, Emirates Pilot, inside the Emirates simulator room. After almost 3 months of intensive A380 training, Dave makes his inaugural journey flying the real thing - with hundreds of Munich bound passenegrs onboard.

(photo credit: National Geographic Channels/Andy Davis)

DUBAI - Trainee firefighters team shot at fire training ground.??(photo credit: Arrow Media/John Bonny)

Dubai Internatioanl Airport - A worker at the airport.??

DUBAI AIRPORT, UAE - Wide shot of Customs in Terminal 3. (Photo Credit: © National Geographic Channels/James Bailey)

Fifty million passengers, 6,000 flights a week and a lot of baggage equals an incredible task for Dubai airport staff ? from the baggage handlers on the ground to the air traffic controllers monitoring the skies ? to keep things running smoothly. The series goes behind-the-scenes of this non-stop operation to explore the technological challenges, cutting-edge engineering and stunning architecture alongside a truly international cast of characters who deal every day with the pressures of running a very large, dynamic airport.

Dubai Internatioanl Airport - Damien Bolton, Head of Head of Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer, inside concourse A.??

Dubai International Airport - Mel Sabharwal, Airport Services Manager, at Emirates info desk.

Dubai International Airport - The crew in hard hats in a crane lift.

(photo credit: National Geographic Channels/Stephen Moro)

DUBAI - Front view of engine at routine inspection.??(photo credit: Arrow Media/James Newton)

DUBAI - Front view of engine during general check. (Photo Credit: National Geographic Channels/ Andy Davies)