Budget airline Jetstar says new Australia - Queenstown flights will begin in December.

Questions are being raised as to what benefit Auckland International Airport will get from buying a quarter stake in Queenstown airport.

Auckland International Airport is now the owner of 24.9pc of Queenstown Airport, in a $27.7m deal with Queenstown Lakes District Council.

New commercial property projects worth $29 million have been confirmed for the business district at Auckland Airport.

Remuneration for top executives continues to grow faster than for ordinary workers.

Jetstar's planned Auckland-Singapore service is set to slash fares on the route and could mark the start of increased no-frills long-haul flying out of NZ.

Low-cost airline Jetstar is launching a new daily direct service between Auckland and Singapore in time for the Rugby World Cup.

NZ travellers may find themselves out of pocket if ash from the Icelandic volcano causes authorities to close airspace again.

Direct flights from Auckland to Houston as often as five times a week are being planned from November 2011.

Air New Zealand is increasing its international capacity by 4.9 per cent and domestic capacity by 3.8 per cent as it starts to see a recovery in air travel.

Claims from travelers disrupted by the Iceland volcano have topped half a million dollars, one of NZ's leading travel insurance companies says.

Air New Zealand climbed from eighth-best in the world last year's to fifth in this year's annual world airline awards.

Plastic cutlery on some Air New Zealand flights is re-used up to 10 times before being thrown away.