''Air City'' () is a 2007

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starring

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and

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. 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. It was shot almost entirely at the

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, and as research for the script, four writers interviewed over 200 airport personnel over a two-year stretch.

Synopsis

Han Do-kyung (

) 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

. 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 (

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), who is a pilot. Do-kyung's unflappability is put to the test when she meets rash National Intelligence Service agent Kim Ji-sung (

). 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 (

), 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 (

). 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

Main

as Kim Ji-sung *

as Han Do-kyung *

as Kang Ha-joon *

as Seo Myung-woo

Supporting

* Park Tam-hee as Jang Nan-young *

as Han Yi-kyung, Do-kyung's younger sister *

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as Im Ye-won *

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as Min Byung-kwan, Do-kyung's boss *

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as Ahn Kang-hyun * Kim Jun-ho as Noh Tae-man * Kwon Young-jin as Kim Soo-chun *

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as Lee Jae-mu, Ji-sung's boss *

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as Choi Jung-hee *

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as Chief Uhm *

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as Go Eun-ah * Jung Jin-moo as Min-wook *

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as Kim Jung-min, Do-kyung's first love * Yoon Jong-hee *

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* Kim Yong-hee * Seo Beom-shik * Choi Jong-yoon * Yeo Ho-min

Ratings

Source
TNS Media Korea

International broadcast

Japanese entertainment film Dentsu Inc. bought the series' broadcast rights for reportedly . It aired on cable channel WOWOW starting October 26, 2007. 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.

References

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