Fly Girls is an American reality television

Reality television

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 program that follows the personal lives of five flight attendants working for Virgin America

Virgin America

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. The program aired from March 24, 2010 to May 5, 2010.

Background

The show was picked up by The CW on September 23, 2009 for eight half-hour episodes. The show followed the cast as they fly to a range of locations including Las Vegas

Las Vegas metropolitan area

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, South Beach

South Beach

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 and New York City

New York City

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 while also focusing on their home life, at their "crash-pad" in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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. The show is produced by Collins Avenue Productions

Collins Avenue Productions

Collins Avenue is an American television production company run by entertainment executive Jeff Collins. Working in a partnership arrangement with the London-based Content Media Corporation , CollinsAve produces reality programs in the U.S...

, with executive producers Jeff Collins

Jeff Collins

Jeff Collins is an American television producer living in California. He is President of Collins Avenue Productions, a Content Media Company . Collins, as of March 2010, is most notable for developing a creative television and branding partnership with Virgin America Airlines on a docu-series...

 and Colin Nash along with co-executive producers Bradley Bredeweg and Peter Paige.

Promotion

The first trailer for the series premiered on The CW's YouTube

YouTube

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 channel on September 25, 2009.

Starring

• Louise Nguyen
• Farrah Williams - Flight Attendant for Virgin America since its inaugural flight.
• Tasha Dunnigan
• Mandalay Roberts - Previously appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show
  The Oprah Winfrey Show
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  on May 21, 2009 promoting WiFi services available to customers of Virgin America
  Virgin America
  Virgin America, Inc. is a United States-based low-cost airline that began service on August 8, 2007. The airline's stated aim is to provide low-fare, high-quality service for "long-haul point-to-point service between major metropolitan cities on the Eastern and West Coast seaboards." San Francisco...
  
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• Nikole Rubyn

Cancellation

The show was officially canceled on May 20, 2010.

Season 1

The first and only season of Fly Girls consisted of 8 episodes. It premiered on March 24, 2010 and finished May 5, 2010.

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International Syndication

Fly Girls was shown in the Philippines

Philippines

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 on Velvet

Velvet (TV channel)

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. The series will start on August 4 at 8:30pm

Fly Girls was also broadcasted in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 on VIVA

Viva (UK & Ireland)

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 starting Wednesday, August 11 at 8pm with a double bill preceded by True Beauty

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