Pressure is mounting on Air New Zealand to lower its fares in and out of Tauranga.

China Southern Airlines is teaming up with star chef Al Brown to produce New Zealand-themed inflight food.

Qantas boss Alan Joyce says fuel prices falling more quickly than the Australian dollar are helping revive the airline's international division but he's not putting a date on when it will be out of financial trouble.

Airbus will develop a new Beluga transport aircraft to fly around large parts of its new A350XWB.

Qantas has unveiled its retro inspired 1970s livery on one of its brand new Boeing 737 aircraft.

John Key's supportive soundbites for Air NZ are going down in the Far North like a cup of cold you-know-what, writes Roger Ludbrook.

Qantas is serving up what could be the first course in a transtasman food fight, with new offerings to economy class passengers from later this month.

A Tauranga-based operator is poised to take over Air New Zealand's cancelled regional air services from Whakatane and Kaitaia but will charge similar prices.

Why discontinue services to centres such as Kaitaia and Whakatane? The bitter truth is that New Zealand does not have a national airline with network obligations.

Air New Zealand has bowed to public pressure by changing its regional fare structure and faced up to financial reality by shutting its loss-making Eagle Airways, pulling back from several towns.

Christopher Luxon was brought in to put the foot down and drive profit, writes Grant Bradley. He's not about to let historic ties to some towns influence cold, hard business decisions.

Nearly three-quarters of New Zealanders on long-haul flights like to break their journey with a stopover.

Airbus is strengthening its presence in Asia - a market which is shaping up as a key battleground for competition with rival Boeing.

Air New Zealand will cut services from three towns and shut down subsidiary Eagle Airways as part of a revamp of its regional services.

Aviation Security staff are on heightened alert following the raised terror threat level and on the lookout for a range of new risks.

Millions of departing travellers could be spared the chore filling in departure cards following work done by Customs and Statistics New Zealand.

An airline catering company has been ordered pay its rival $25,000 after the Supreme Court threw out an appeal over holiday pay and other staff entitlements.

A top Malaysia Airlines executive who is in NZ this week is urging relatives of those lost aboard MH370 to be patient as the carrier works to pay compensation.

Singapore Airlines is carefully picking its battles as it faces increased competition from Middle Eastern carriers and budget airlines.

The line of passengers taking pictures of the plane they'd just stepped off at Auckland Airport this week was proof that big aircraft make a big impression.

Trailblazer for women flyers had just landed new Air NZ jet when she suffered suspected aneurysm.

Captain Ann Barbarich had just landed Dreamliner plane full of passengers at an Australian airport when she suffered an medical emergency.

Air NZ is ripping the interiors out of eight of its widebody Boeing 777-200s and refitting them in a $100m project.

Travel Editor Winston Aldworth checks out the creature comforts aboard the airline's newest addition to the local fleet.

Martin Aircraft is looking to raise A$25m in an ASX listing to fund plans which it says would make it the world's first commercial jetpack manufacturer.

Singapore Airlines' Airbus A380 superjumbo has landed at Auckland Airport twenty minutes ahead of schedule as it starts a five-month summer service.

Queenstown wants airlines to put on extra planes from Auckland and Christchurch to soak up an expected summer surge in Asian tourists.

New Zealand-founded LanzaTech's quest to commercialise its biofuel has taken another step with one of the world's biggest banks.

Auckland International Airport has confirmed it’s likely to deliver an underlying net profit of between $160m and $170m this financial year,