A seaplane pilot flying in the tropics finds herself falling for the man sent to sink her business.
Dana is a pilot for a small airline in Australia. The company was started by her mother and is now being carried on by Dana and her father. However, things are a bit rocky as Dana prefers to focus on the company's social mission rather than the more lucrative tourism industry. William works for his father in London. His father is a financier who has previously invested in Dana's airline. William is sent to Australia to liquidate the company but soon becomes involved in the operations and Dana's strong determination to continue her mother's legacy.
Dana Randall (Delta Goodrem) is the pilot for the tiny Queensland company Fullerton Airways which aids people in the remote area, both for the people living there and for visiting tourists. Her dad Jeff (Roy Billing) chides her for blowing off high-paying visitors to transport a resident's dog (who had been bitten by a snake and would die if it did not receive timely medical care) to the vet, as their bills are mounting.
Jeff asks Dana to stop prioritizing remote air support over & above paying clients. Jeff says that the business needs to have more paying clients to sustain itself, as the cost of parts is always rising. Every time Dana takes a remote support flight, a flight of paying tourists does not happen.Dana is adamant that her mother started Fullerton Airways for remote air support.
William Mitchell (Joshua Sasse) is sent all the way from London by ITCM Financial, his father Duncan's (Hugh Parker) UK investment firm, to the tropics of Australia to shut down Fullerton Airways. He had researched companies they have been backing, and pinpoints the small, flailing, family-run seaplane business as ideal for liquidation as it lacks income. Their margin has been dropping year on year, but they have assets such as planes, real estate and aeronautical equipment that can be salvaged. If all this is sold, ITCM would recover its investment in the company.
William is given a week to visit the company, go over their financial in person and return to the board meeting to shut them down, proving to his father he's ready to move up in the company. Jeff was always a bit unsure about William as William was stronger in humanities than in math.
Duncan says that if William does a good job, he will be made Junior Director at the company. Duncan warns Will not to get involved emotionally to the place.
Nikki (Steph Tisdell), Fullerton's airplane mechanic, pushes Dana to find time to date but she insists she's too busy. Dana is dedicated to keeping Fullerton airways going as this was her dead mother's vision and wish.The next morning, Jeff warns them a rep from ITCM Financial is coming for an inspection. Dana is asked to pick up Will from the ferry, and initially they have a testy relationship. Jeff goes out of his way to try and impress William.Dana is quick to defend their remote air support, although Jeff tries to downplay it. Dana says that remote air support is the soul of Fullerton Airways.
William says that Government subsidizes the cost of fuel for the remote air support flights. But since Fullerton Airways has only one operational plane (an old Cessna 206 named Harriet), it doesn't leave much room for profits. Dana is of the view that life is a bit more than just profits.
Dana whizzes Will around to a community off the coast of far-north Queensland to deliver parcels to people in need, which she visits every two weeks as otherwise they'd be totally cut off. The plane is 52 years old, and William is claustrophobic.
On the 2nd day, William wants to go through the books, but Jeff says that he is just going over some reporting. He suggests that William accompanies Dana on her rounds that day too. This way Jeff would get the time to finish his reporting and be ready for William. Jeff and Nikki are convinced that Dana and William would hit it off.This time the engine kicks out, but luckily Dana manages to keep her cool and lands the plane safely near a beach. She fixes the problem (which came from the new exhaust valve installed just a few days ago) and the plane flies again.
Afterwards, having drinks in Fullerton, Dana's ex Heath (Simon Brook McLachlan) sees her chemistry with Will and both he and Nikki encourage her to pursue him. So, they spend time together while crossing the tarmac, stargazing and sharing stories about their lives. Dana shares how much her family, and she are connected with the community. This is her purpose is life and she believes that by serving her community and her people, she is getting close to her mother, as this was her mission in life.Meanwhile Duncan is texting William to learn about the progress he is making with inspecting the books and shutting the company down.
A third day of helping Dana, and Will's father loses patience with him. William was supposed to have audited the financial by now, but he hadn't even started yet, as he was busy helping Dana.Will tries to convince Duncan that they were wrong to want to write off the small aeronautical company, but Nikki overhears. Dana is chewing him out without hearing his part, much to Nikki's pepping, over the news when confirmation of an impending cyclone reaches them.
Will helps Dana find an injured Jeff, who had been trying to help others seek safety against the cyclone. Dana continues to accuse Will, but he explains he plans to officially support airlines. The three-person staff of Fullerton Airways hole up with Will in the hangar's storage room to wait out the storm. He pledges to fight for their company at his headquarters, as he cares about Dana.
The next morning, after the storm has passed, Will helps Dana deliver emergency supplies to many remote locations. Working hard all day, by nightfall she has made peace with him. However, as they're closing up the hanger for the night, Jeff announces that ITCM Financial has sent an e-mail, shutting them down immediately.
William has returned to London and has been unsuccessful in swaying the board. Dana arrives unannounced, armed with a plan to revamp and expand Fullerton Airways. In response to Duncan's negative response, Will resigns and offers himself to Dana to aid them in their expansion.
ITCM Financial backs their endeavor, and Fullerton Airways is shown to have expanded and now has a more professional look, with Will happily installed there with the company and Dana, as the two had fallen for each other.
