Hawaiian Airlines will look to add more services to its Auckland-Honolulu route if demand follows the same patterns as flights to Australia.

Air New Zealand has done a u-turn in its long-running air-cargo case with the Commerce Commission and has agreed to settle the proceedings.

The first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner - similar to the plane Air New Zealand will fly - is being assembled at Boeing's plant in Everett, Washington state.

Airlines make $44.6 billion by charging for services that used to be included in ticket prices and this is forecast to grow "significantly" over the next year.

Former Air New Zealand boss Rob Fyfe is catching up with old friends at the global meeting of aviation leaders in South Africa but he's not looking for a job in the industry.

Air New Zealand is doing a top-to-bottom review of service and looking to forge new alliances.

Bank bigness may be an over-rated quality, according to financial research firm, Canstar, writes David Chaplin."If a bank does start to bleed seriously, a government transfusion will not be guaranteed."

Jetstar has been reprimanded for a "misleading" airfare sale that it sent to customers in promotional emails, promoting an Easter holiday deal that wasn't over Easter.

Former Fonterra chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden has apologised to China, its people and Government for telling an audience never to trust the Chinese.

Prime Minister John Key says he is surprised by Air New Zealand's refusal to hire a woman with a traditional Maori tattoo.

Claire Nathan says she had her dreams of being an air hostess dashed after Air New Zealand turned her away because of her ta moko.

Airlines - and able-bodied passengers - have a real economic incentive to ensure disabled embarkation operates smoothly.

United Airlines put its 787 back in the air yesterday, with both the airline and Boeing hoping to get the plane's four-month grounding behind them.

Travellers are likely to be hit with an increase in air fares following a hike in air traffic control levies, a group representing major airlines says.

Analysts at Macquarie say further details in today's Budget of a possible government sell-down of Air New Zealand could help push the airline's share price.

A senior Airways Corporation manager who won her job back after she was sacked for a boozy night has been awarded $7000 as a contribution to her legal costs.

The Commerce Commission is sticking to its guns in the long-running air cargo cartel case against Air NZ, which yesterday renewed its bid to have the case dropped.

Air New Zealand is calling on the Commerce Commission to end its long-running cargo price-fixing action - on the eve of a key hearing in the case.

New Zealand business travellers are more worried than others about flying economy but they're far more relaxed about airport security and immigration.

The Commerce Commission says it cannot comment on whether it has reached any resolution in its long-running air cargo proceedings against Air New Zealand.