Air City

{{Short description|2007 South Korean television drama}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Air City drama.jpg

| caption = Promotional poster

| alt_name = Aero City

| native_name = {{Infobox Korean television name/auto|hangul=^에어시티}}

| genre = {{ubl|Romance|Drama|Action}}

| director = Im Tae-woo

| writer = {{ubl|Lee Seon-hee | Lee Seo-yoon}}

| producer = Choi Won-suk

| starring = {{ubl|Lee Jung-jae|Choi Ji-woo|Lee Jin-wook|Moon Jeong-hee}}

| composer =

| open_theme = "Fist 2 Fist"

| end_theme = "All in Vain" by TVXQ

| country = South Korea

| language = {{ubl|Korean|English|Mandarin Chinese}}

| num_episodes = 16

| location = {{ubl|Incheon|Seoul}}

| runtime = 60 minutes

| company = HB Entertainment
AStory

| channel = MBC TV

| first_aired = {{start date|2007|5|19}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2007|6|8}}

}}

Air City ({{Korean|hangul=에어시티}}) is a 2007 South Korean television drama starring Lee Jung-jae, Choi Ji-woo, Lee Jin-wook and Moon Jeong-hee.{{cite web|last=Chung|first=Ah-young|title=Hallyu Heroine Returns With New Drama|url=http://www.hancinema.net/hallyu-heroine-returns-with-new-drama-8274.html|work=The Korea Times via Hancinema|access-date=March 29, 2013|date=January 3, 2007|archive-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217110015/http://www.hancinema.net/hallyu-heroine-returns-with-new-drama-8274.html|url-status=live}} It aired on MBC from May 19 to June 8, 2007, on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:40 (KST) for 16 episodes. The series revolves around the work and romance of four airport personnel, showing the inner workings of the airline industry.{{cite web|title=Lee Jeong-jae and Choi Ji-woo to Be Face of Incheon Airport|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=424|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413134210/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=424|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 13, 2013|website=KBS Global|access-date=March 29, 2013|date=February 6, 2007}}

It was shot almost entirely at the Incheon International Airport,{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Rahn|title=Hidden Amenities at Incheon International Airport|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/01/119_5593.html|work=The Korea Times|access-date=March 29, 2013|date=June 28, 2007|archive-date=December 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220111547/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/01/119_5593.html|url-status=live}} and as research for the script, four writers interviewed over 200 airport personnel over a two-year stretch.{{cite web|title=Quality programs create their own niche |url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2874451 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411060814/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2874451 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |access-date=March 29, 2013 |work=Korea JoongAng Daily |date=April 14, 2007 }}{{cite web|last=Kim |first=Pil-kyu |title=Korean dramas lock horns with their American rivals |url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2874452 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126211040/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2874452 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |access-date=March 29, 2012 |work=Korea JoongAng Daily |date=April 14, 2007 }}{{cite web|last=Garcia|first=Cathy Rose A.|title=Addicted to American Dramas|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2013/01/203_3877.html|work=The Korea Times|access-date=March 29, 2013|date=May 31, 2007|archive-date=December 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220105714/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2013/01/203_3877.html|url-status=live}}

Synopsis

Han Do-kyung (Choi Ji-woo) was especially scouted by the Incheon Airport director and willingly accepted one-third of the pay she was receiving in Singapore, to come back to Korea as the chief of operations of Incheon International Airport. She is level-headed, speaks five different languages, and remains cool and calm under all circumstances. However, Do-kyung lives with the emotional wounds caused by her estrangement from her sister, Yi-kyung (Lee Da-hee), who is a pilot.

Do-kyung's unflappability is put to the test when she meets rash National Intelligence Service agent Kim Ji-sung (Lee Jung-jae). Acting on instinct whenever he thinks national security is at stake, he often breaks rules and ruffles feathers on the job, bringing him into constant contact, and sometimes conflict, with Do-kyung. After being stationed at the airport, he encounters doctor Seo Myung-woo (Moon Jeong-hee), his ex-girlfriend who is now working at the airport clinic, with whom he parted on painful terms.

Meanwhile, another airport employee is Do-kyung's childhood friend Kang Ha-joon (Lee Jin-wook). Ha-joon is quick-tempered with a habit of talking aggressively due to the nature of his job with airport security, watching over thousands of surveillance cameras. But he has a good relationship with all the airport employees, even the cleaners, because of his kind personality. As he and Do-kyung renew their friendship, he becomes a strong source of support for her. His feelings for her quickly turn romantic, despite the complication of Do-kyung being his superior at work.

But Ha-joon's affections remain unrequited, because Ji-sung and Do-kyung, despite struggling with memories and misgivings from the past, find themselves falling for each other.

Cast

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Ratings

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! width=100 | Episode

! width=100 | Nationwide

! width=100 | Seoul

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| 2007-05-19

1{{red|12.7%}} (8th){{red|14.1%}} (7th)
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| 2007-05-20

210.8% (14th)11.9% (11th)
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| 2007-05-26

311.4% (7th)11.9% (6th)
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| 2007-05-27

412.6% (8th)13.8% (7th)
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| 2007-06-02

510.4% (9th)10.5% (9th)
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| 2007-06-03

610.8% (14th)11.7% (11th)
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| 2007-06-09

710.0% (11th)10.9% (8th)
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| 2007-06-10

811.1% (10th)11.9% (7th)
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| 2007-06-16

99.5% (9th)10.1% (8th)
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| 2007-06-17

1010.9% (14th)11.3% (10th)
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| 2007-06-23

11{{blue|8.7%}} (15th){{blue|9.0%}} (16th)
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| 2007-06-24

1210.4%11.0% (17th)
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| 2007-06-30

139.9% (13th)10.6% (11th)
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| 2007-07-01

1411.0% (19th)11.6% (16th)
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| 2007-07-07

159.9% (16th)10.4% (13th)
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| 2007-07-08

169.4%10.1% (18th)
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! colspan=2 | Average

10.6%11.3%

Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100125065320/http://www.tnsmk.co.kr/ TNS Media Korea]

International broadcast

Japanese entertainment film Dentsu Inc. bought the series' broadcast rights for reportedly {{yen|200 million}}. It aired on cable channel WOWOW starting October 26, 2007.{{cite web|title=Popular Korean actress promotes Korean TV drama in Japan|url=http://asiaenglish.visitkorea.or.kr/ena/HA/content/cms_view_320714.jsp|work=Korea Tourism Organization|access-date=August 20, 2013|date=October 18, 2007|archive-date=December 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220105934/http://asiaenglish.visitkorea.or.kr/ena/HA/content/cms_view_320714.jsp|url-status=live}}

In Thailand, the drama aired dubbed into Thai under the title ปฏิบัติการรักเหินฟ้า (Patibutkan Rak Hernfha; lit. Love Sky Operation) on the Modernine TV beginning October 14, 2009.{{cite web|title=ละคร ปฏิบัติการรักเหินฟ้า (Air City)|url=http://www.siamzone.com/drama/292-%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%8F%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9F%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2-air-city-|work=siamzone|date=September 11, 2015|language=Thai}}

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