Kurran’s dad owned an airline – but what was it called? (Picture: BBC)

Another week, another disaster on The Apprentice as Team Collaborative’s airline idea failed to take off.

The team – led by project manager Kurran Pooni – attempted to win the show’s latest task with a budget ‘party’ airline which they named ‘Jet Pop’ (cue much eye-rolling), suffering a grim defeat and leading to Kurran becoming the latest candidate to be fired.

That said, it wasn’t the law graduate’s first brush with the airline industry – given that his dad actually owned one (which in theory should have made this task a breeze for him).

Just what was the airline – and is it still going?


The airline task failed to take off for Kurran’s team (Picture: BBC)

Well Kurran has revealed that his dad, Jimmy, was the brains behind Poo Air – which flew to Armritsar in India from Birmingham Airport in the early Noughties.



Speaking to the Radio Times, he explained: ‘It’s no longer running, but my father had an airline when I was around five or six.

‘It was called Poo UK, like my surname. I think the slogan was “relax and let Poo take the strain”.’

Despite the connection, the airline didn’t warrant much of a mention on the show on Wednesday night – although as Kurran pointed out: ‘I didn’t want the episode to be about my dad. This is my moment, it’s not about my father.’

Wednesday night’s show saw the 22-year-old sent packing as a result of Collaborative’s loss in the task – becoming the fifth consecutive male candidate to be fired.

The Apprentice continues next Wednesday on BBC One at 9pm.

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