It has the airport code DWC - Dubai World Central. But are the city-state's ambitions for its new airport a little too high-flying?

Put your chief executive live on a Twitter chat? Great idea - until he starts tweeting.

Air New Zealand is shaping up as the pick of the Government-owned companies on sale after Meridian Energy's low offer price and Mighty River Power's languishing shares.

China Southern Airlines will be the first carrier to operate scheduled Boeing 787 Dreamliner services to New Zealand from Monday.

The growing number of Chinese visitors passing through Auckland Airport can now see flight arrival and departure information displayed in Chinese.

Hamilton's airport is blaming the loss of its only trans-Tasman carrier for a drop in revenue - but is keeping the "international" in its title.

An airline group says regulation of airport landing fees is too light.

Former flight attendant now heading up Qantas Loyalty.

Jetstar says it will investigate who defaced a passenger's luggage in transit, using stickers to spell out "I am gay" on his suitcase.

The Alitalia board on Friday approved a 300 million euro ($400 million) capital increase as part of a rescue plan for the struggling flagship airline.

Qantas is rolling out a near life-size replica of Mars rover Curiosity around New Zealand to promote its frequent flyer programme.

The airline battle over flying to Hawaii is stepping up with Air New Zealand adding more flights to the increasingly popular holiday destination.

Jetstar takes delivery of its first Boeing 787 aircraft today for use initially on Australian domestic routes and later on international routes from New Zealand.

Air New Zealand's plan to boost its stake in Virgin Australia is a smart, strategic move that will protect and strengthen its transtasman alliance with the Aussie airline.

Air New Zealand has confirmed it is cutting back its services between Wellington and Australia, a move which is expected to deliver a blow to the capital's economy.

The search for missing alcohol baron Michael Erceg stretched on for weeks back in 2005.

The introduction of an Airbus A380 aircraft on Emirates' daily Dubai-Brisbane-Auckland route will boost annual capacity on the service by 100,000 seats.

Jetstar says its back to basics approach is paying dividends with a strong lift in on-time performance this year.

Vulnerable air links have been identified as a potential barrier to developing New Zealand's $23.4 billion tourism industry.

Air NZ and unions which represent its staff have been reprimanded by a judge for failing to attend mediation for a dispute over collective agreements.

The Esplanade, a new free circular park-like landscaped walk in the grounds of Auckland International Airport, will be officially opened at midday today.

Air New Zealand shares surged nearly 4 per cent yesterday as it announced it was extending its share buyback scheme for another year.

New Fiji Airways chief executive Stefan Pichler has worked his way around the world after catching the travel bug when he was a professional marathon runner.