A lawyer says an Employment Court ruling allowing two Kiwi airline pilots to continue flying until the age of 65 is ground-breaking.

Four Air New Zealand flight attendants have left the airline under a cloud after a booze-fuelled night.

Holiday travellers have had their plans disrupted after a Jetstar IT glitch delayed transtasman flights for up to an hour and a half today.

New short-cut flight paths over Auckland promising to reduce carbon dioxide emission, burn less fuel and fly more quietly have been confirmed.

Virgin Atlantic has established a foothold in NZ with the appointment of a sales manager and a push to take more Kiwis to England, including Rugby World Cup fans.

Jetstar is attempting to reshape its image in this country as it moves into its sixth year of flying domestic routes.

A new service from Fiji Airways will allow Wellingtonians to escape twice a week to the tropics from next June.

Investigators searching for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 say they could finish scouring the priority zone by May, more than a year after it vanished.

Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon expects low oil prices to stimulate demand for travel but for their beneficial effect on the airline's fuel bill to be muted by the fall in the New Zealand dollar.

Air New Zealand says it will soon be flying direct to Argentina - something made more viable by a recent drop in jet fuel prices.

A senior Korean Air executive has resigned after she delayed a plane leaving New York because of the way she was served nuts.

Boeing and South African Airways are working on making aviation biofuel out of nicotine-free tobacco.

A Korean Air executive reportedly yelled at a flight attendant and had her removed from the plane because she wasn't served nuts properly, delaying the flight.

Air New Zealand will buy two more Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and is looking at new places to fly.

Troubled Malaysia Airlines has picked the head of Irish flag carrier Aer Lingusas its future chief executive as the airline recovers from two disasters this year.

Emirates has unveiled details of its more than half a billion dollar "liquor investment" programme.

Air New Zealand's new Los Angeles Koru Lounge is a sleek and stylish space that compares favourably with the best airport lounges worldwide.

Air New Zealand will tomorrow begin operating from a new lounge at Los Angeles Airport, part of a broad strategy to provide more comfort to premium passengers and frequent fliers.

Air New Zealand says it is confident in the safety of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners following a damning report into the design and testing of the plane's batteries.

Air New Zealand has been chosen as the airline of the year for the second year running by an aviation website.

The Air New Zealand Dreamliner knocked out of action after being struck by lightning was back in service today, flying from Auckland to Sydney.

Malaysia Airlines labelled "insensitive" and "atrocious" for tweeting: "Want to go somewhere, but don't know where?"

Air New Zealand is poised to fly deeper into the United States, possibly Chicago, which travel experts say should result in good deals for travellers.

Air New Zealand is poised to make a decision to fly to a new destination in the United States.

In 1940 Air New Zealand started life as Tasman Empire Airways Ltd and launched with a nine-hour flight across the Tasman aboard a flying boat.

The China Southern Airlines partnership with chef and restaurateur Al Brown is aimed partly at getting more New Zealanders travelling on the airline, says its president and chief executive, Tan Wangeng.