This autumn, ITV2 will be taking to the skies with the brand new show, CelebAir; with a real plane, flying to real places, staffed by real celebrities!

In this new eight-part series, 10 celebrities will take on a range of jobs on the ground and in the air to battle it out ultimately to become CelebAir’s star employee and win thousands of pounds for the charity of their choice.

Overseeing the action and presenting the show will be Angellica Bell, who is familiar to a whole generation of people from her time as presenter at CBBC and who is no stranger to flying, having previously worked on the travel series Departure Lounge.

Angellica says about hosting the show: “I am very excited to be a part of CelebAir. It will be great fun to watch as the celebrities are put under pressure and taken out of their comfort zone. Let’s see how they handle it!”

Functioning as a regular airline, members of the public can book to fly with CelebAir to a host of glamorous locations as the celebrity crew take on roles from check-in clerks to air stewards and they could be anyone from a famous sportsman to a pop star.

Cruising at 35,000-feet, viewers will see all the tensions and frustrations as the celebrity crew dish out the pretzels and pour out the bubbly.

CelebAir will push our celebrities to their limits; one day they will be dealing with a hell-raising hen party coming back from a night in Malaga, the next they will have to cope with a delayed flight full of families heading out to Alicante.

At every stage of the journey the famous faces will be judged and rated by their own passengers and each week the worst performing celebrity gets given the boot.

However, before any of the famous faces are allowed to start their new jobs, they will have to undertake a rigorous six-week training programme run by Monarch, the airline involved in the show, and they will be required to adhere to Monarch’s tough standards whilst working for CelebAir.

CelebAir was commissioned by Commissioning Editor, Digital Channels, Claire Zolkwer, and ordered by Controller of ITV2, Zai Bennett.

Zai Bennett, Controller of ITV2 said: “CelebAir promises to be a huge reality event this autumn on ITV2. It is an incredibly ambitious project on a scale not seen before in reality TV. This definitely isn’t a show for work-shy celebrities, we’re taking on a real plane, with real passengers with real holidays to go on - it promises to be an amazing trip.”

CelebAir is a co-production between Endemol UK production arms Zeppotron and Initial – the first time the two companies have worked together.

Ben Caudell, Creative Director at Zeppotron comments: “This isn’t some concocted celebrity stunt. CelebAir has a real plane and its own check-in, tickets, website and uniforms. It just happens to be staffed by famous names. But what’s really great is that anyone can book a ticket and fly CelebAir. It’s the world’s celebritiest airline.”

Nick Samwell Smith, Creative Director at Initial says: “These days you need a really big idea to grab people’s attention. And we’ve got one: a fully branded plane, crewed by famous faces on a mission to provide the smoothest, happiest, glitziest service on the planet. And at 500 miles per hour at 30,000 feet, we’re taking reality TV to new heights.”

For more information about the show and to find out how to buy tickets go to www.itv.com/celebair

Watch this autumn as our team of celebrities battle with ‘your exits are here, here and here’, excess baggage and all the turbulence which lies ahead!