''Triumph in the Skies II'' () is a 2013 television drama produced by

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under executive producer Tommy Leung. It is a direct sequel to TVB's 2003 blockbuster television drama ''

Triumph in the Skies ''Triumph in the Skies'' is a Hong Kong drama television series that premiered on TVB in 2003, starring Francis Ng, Flora Chan, Joe Ma and Myolie Wu. The drama tells the lives of pilots working for the fictional Solar Airways based on Hong Kon ...

''. It stars

Francis Ng Francis Ng Chun-yu (; born 21 December 1961) is a Hong Kong actor and director. He is known for his roles in the TVB series ''Triumph in the Skies'' and in films such as ''Young and Dangerous'', '' Once Upon a Time in Triad Society'', ''A Ma ...

Julian Cheung Julian Cheung Chi-lam (born 27 August 1971), better known by his stage name Chilam, is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Cheung is popularly known for his role as Guo Jing in the 1994 TV series adaptation of the ''Wuxia'' novel, ''The Legend of ...

Myolie Wu Myolie Wu Hang-yee (born 6 November 1979) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is previously managed by Hong Kong TVB television station and Neway Star. In 2011, she won Best Actress for her role in '' Curse of the Royal Harem'', Most Favou ...

Fala Chen Fala Chen (; born 24 February 1982) is a Chinese American actress. She is known for her roles in Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'' and HBO miniseries ''Irma Vep'' and ''The Undoing''. Che ...

Ron Ng Ron Ng Cheuk-hei (, born 2 September 1979) is a Hong Kong actor, singer, and former dancer. He first rose to popularity in the 2003 TVB drama ''Triumph in the Skies.'' He has since starred in several successful television series, most notably ''T ...

Kenneth Ma Kenneth Ma Kwok-ming (born 13 February 1974) is a Hong Kong actor contracted to TVB. Ma had won the Most Popular Male Character award at the TVB Anniversary Awards for four times in 2012, 2017, 2018 and 2021 respectively, becoming the TVB acto ...

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Elena Kong Elena Kong May Yee (born 20 September 1971) is a Hong Kong actress, radio DJ, and television host. Career Elena Kong started off her career in the entertainment industry as a model after being scouted and appeared in many television commercial ...

and

Him Law Him Law Tze-yat (born Law Chung-him on 28 August 1984) is a Hong Kong actor currently contracted to TVB. Law began his acting career by starring as supporting characters in several well-known films, most notably in ''Mob Sister'' (2005), whic ...

. A film adaptation ''

'' started production on August 6, 2014 and was released in 2015.

Plot

Samuel Tong (

) resides in the UK to spend a long vacation following his wife's death. After encountering Holiday Ho (

), a wanderer whose boyfriend died in an aviation accident, he ends his vacation early after finally making the cake thanks to the unintentional help from Holiday Ho that he once made for his deceased wife, Zoe (

), he returns to Hong Kong, and joins Skylette Airlines as a pilot to fly again. He meets Captain Jayden "Captain Cool" Koo (

), and the two exhibit two distinct personalities, with Sam being reserved and Jayden being a man who likes to attract attention. Respectively, the two get emotionally entangled with Holiday, who arrives in Hong Kong to apply for pilot training (PPP—Pre-pilot Project). Moreover, Sam becomes a training captain to assess Jayden, leading to a competition between the two for both career and love. Jayden's younger sister Summer Koo (

) is an aircraft maintenance technician, and she bears grudges against her brother due to an unhappy experience during her childhood. Samuel's younger brother Issac (

), due to Summer physically resembling his sister-in-law Zoe, is unable to turn a blind eye on it and tries helps settle the dispute between Summer and her brother. Summer has a crush on Issac, yet Issac restrains himself from taking another step forward in order to avoid evoking Sam's grief. In the end, the misunderstanding causes Summer to think that she was only treated like Zoe (Sam's deceased wife) in Issac's eyes. First Officer Roy Ko (

) has two girlfriends and cannot make up his mind as he does not bear to hurt anyone. After sharing his secret with Heather Fong (

), a senior purser, Roy and she become close associates, and the two even have a one-night stand. Jim Jim (

), who used to represent Hong Kong in swimming, plans to retire and enroll in flight training after noticing the pilot training (PPP—Pre-pilot Project) after returning from a FINA Aquatic World Championship, where he falls in love with CoCo Ling (

), who is to be a

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mother for her friend. With the planes taking-off and landing, stories of sorrow, parting, joyfulness and re-encounters have been constituted.

Production

Development

In May 2011 Tommy Leung, deputy chief director of

's drama department, announced their plans to develop a sequel to ''

'' with intentions to begin filming in September of that year. Leung added that a theatrical film sequel would be made in the beginning of 2012, in hopes of boosting TVB artistes to become film stars. In June 2011, it was reported at a TVB press conference that

Michael Miu Michael Miu Kiu-wai ( 苗僑偉) (born 18 June 1958) is a Hong Kong actor and businessman. His career has been met with popular success in his youth, followed by a resurgence in middle age after a period of hiatus. He is considered one of the most ...

Raymond Lam Raymond Lam (; Jyutping: lam4 fung1; born 8 December 1979) is a Hong Kong actor and singer who is best known for roles in the television dramas ''A Step into the Past'', ''Twin of Brothers'', ''Moonlight Resonance'', ''Highs and Lows'' and ''Line W ...

, and

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were in negotiations to join, with original cast members

Bosco Wong Bosco Wong Chung-chak (; born 13 December 1980) is a Hong Kong actor, singer, and entrepreneur who gained popularity in the modern drama ''Triumph in the Skies'' (2003). Since then, he has played a diverse spectrum of roles in television seri ...

, and

slated to return.

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, at the time, submitted her name to be part of this series to work with Francis Ng and Chilam Cheung; but it did not work out as her contract with TVB had ended. In July 2011, Ron Ng, Myolie Wu, Kenneth Ma, Nancy Wu, Fala Chen, and Kate Tsui were confirmed to film the sequel. Following the announcement, TVB pushed back the filming schedule from September 2011 to December 2011 due to negotiation problems with ''Triumph IIs previous airline sponsor

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, which caused some of the newly signed cast members to withdraw, including Michael Miu. To accommodate the schedules of Ron Ng and Kenneth Ma, whom were booked to film television drama ''

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'' from November 2011 to March 2012, TVB postponed ''Triumph IIs filming to May 2012. In September 2011, it was reported that

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replaced Cathay Pacific as the drama's main sponsorship. In December 2011, TVB aired a sales promotional trailer for ''Triumph II'' to attract more sponsors, which included a surprise appearance by original cast member

at the end of the trailer.

, who replaced Michael Miu's role in the trailer, was reportedly hired by TVB for 80,000 HKD per episode, and later confirmed his involvement in April 2012. Raymond Lam and Bosco Wong also appeared in the footage, but both backed out due to conflicting schedules.

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was later confirmed to join the cast. On 21 December 2011, it was reported that Francis Ng was in negotiations to return. To accommodate Ng's schedule, filming was postponed again to September 2012, and then moved forward to July 2012. In May 2012, Kate Tsui revealed in an interview done in Australia that she had been pulled out of the cast to film a mainland Chinese drama instead. Following her announcement,

and Kelly Fu were cast. On 23 May 2012, ''Next Magazine'' reported that

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was in negotiations to return for a HK$25,000 per episode deal. Chan expressed an interest, but ultimately had to reject the offer due to a schedule clash. A press conference was held on 18 July 2012. Season 2 premiered on July 15, 2013.

Cast

Music from Triumph in the Skies II

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《Fly Me To The Moon》 ▶ Episode 1 / 16 / 22

《Make You Feel My Love》 ▶ Episode 2 / 16 / 23 Chris Winland & Daniel Finot 《Your Laws》 ▶ Episode 2 / 10 / 29 / 37

《Chasing Pavements》 ▶ Episode 4 / 9 / 11 / 13 / 16 Rob Bagshaw ft. Tara Chinn 《Smoking Gun》 ▶ Episode 4

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《Say You Love Me》 ▶ Episode 8 / 10 / 16 / 21 / * 30 / * 31 / * 32 Aaron Edson, Bruce Chianese, Geoff Levin 《We Can Do It》 ▶ Episode 11 Peter Marsh 《Stop The Clock》 ▶ Episode 12 / 13 (Old Bird) / 29 / 33 / 35 / 39

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Airport filming locations

Some scenes are filmed at or near airports that Skylette flies to: *

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Kaohsiung International Airport Kaohsiung International Airport () is a medium-sized civil airport in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, also known as Siaogang Airport (). With nearly seven million passengers in 2018, it is the second busiest airport in Taiwan, after T ...

Pilot training scenes are from Aeros Flight Training at

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Aircraft

A330-200 (leased from

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) B-LNJ were featured in some close-up shots. Most cabin scenes are filmed at TVB sets and most cockpit scenes are either on board the A330 or the A330 simulator.

Awards and nominations

TVB Awards Presentation 2013 * Won — Best Drama * Nominated — Best Actor (Francis Ng) - Top 5 * Nominated — Best Actor (Julian Cheung) - Top 5 * Nominated — Best Actress (Myolie Wu) * Nominated — Best Actress (Fala Chen) - Top 5 * Nominated — Best Supporting Actor (Ron Ng) - Top 5 * Nominated — Best Supporting Actor (Kenneth Ma) - Top 5 * Nominated — Best Supporting Actress (Nancy Wu) - Top 5 * Won — Best Supporting Actress (Elena Kong) * Nominated — My Favourite Male Character (Francis Ng) * Won — My Favourite Male Character (Julian Cheung) * Nominated — My Favourite Male Character (Ron Ng) * Nominated — My Favourite Female Character (Myolie Wu) - Top 5 * Nominated — My Favourite Female Character (Fala Chen) - Top 5 * Nominated — My Favourite Female Character (Nancy Wu) * Nominated — Most Improved Male Artiste (Him Law) - Top 5 * Nominated — Most Improved Female Artiste (Oceane Zhu) - Top 5 * Won- Most Improved Female Artiste (Eliza Sam)

Viewership ratings

References

External links

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