Ultimate Airport Dubai - in pictures

A front shot of the aircraft nose with the plane in a hangar with platforms on either side during a C-check.

Peter Ishak, the duty operations control manager, on the phone in Network Control Centre.

Three workers look out onto the runway from the air traffic control tower. The ATC team liaise with the team on the ground to check that the newly refurbished southern runway is safe to re-open.

The baggage sorting warehouse at Dubai airport.

Shot of Dubai International, two Emirates Airline planes taxiing on the runway, overlooks road seen from the Network Control Centre.

Passengers walking through Terminal 3.

Rows of desserts being prepared by a catering staff member, ready to be loaded onto outbound flights.

Inside Terminal 3 of the Dubai International.

Workers at the Emirates catering facility, prepare meals to be loaded on to flights.

Shot of a plane engine with a groundstaff worker signaling.

John Taylor, Airside Operations Duty Manager, on the runway. John and his colleagues inspect the upgraded southern runway ahead of closing the northern.

A worker looks out from the air traffic control tower.

Jackline Muthoni, Duty Officer, Catering, in Emirates catering facility. With 145,000 meals to be made by 9,000 staff every day, Jackline works against the clock to deal with last minute meal increases and requests.

Emirates plane on the runway, seen from the Air Traffic Control tower.

A partially deconstucted aircraft engine in the hangar during a C-check. Emirates engineers are tasked with removing the Radome (nose) of an A380 during a C-check.

Photos from the National Geographic Channel’s Ultimate Airport Dubai, Season Two. All photos Courtesy National Geographic Channels