The Northern Lights Festival is in full swing, leaving Arctic Air short-staffed and Loreen scrambling to recruit any employee sober enough to work, and dumb enough to answer his phone. A few hours away in the remote community of Sibbeston Lake, Mel's romantic rendezvous with Rita is cut short when her son, Brandon, overdoses on tainted drugs. Worried that the drugs entered the community via Arctic Air, Bobby interrogates an employee and confirms his worst fear - his airline is being used to smuggle drugs. Meanwhile, bad weather makes it impossible for Krista and Blake to medevac Brandon to Yellowknife. Mel puts his own life on the line in a heroic attempt to save Rita's son.
Season 1 Episode 5 of Arctic Air resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
ARCTIC AIR is a one-hour adventure series set in the booming Arctic, about a maverick airline and the unconventional family who runs it. On the ground, Bobby, the headstrong business partner, struggles to save the airline from crashing financially while Mel, the cantankerous co-owner, keeps his crew of pilots in the air. Caught in the crossfire is Mel's hotshot pilot daughter Krista.
Over the season this character-based drama will deliver hard-hitting emotional stories - from the romantic entanglement of Bobby and Krista, to the conflicts that spark between Bobby and his competitors, his business partners and even his extended family. There's a new gold rush heating up under the permafrost, and there are new fortunes of diamonds and oil to claim.