It's not all sweetness and light, but Air NZ's new industrial relations strategy is replacing decades of distrust, reports Grant Bradley.

Sarah Arkin is director of Simply Perfect Weddings and the president of the Queenstown Wedding Association.

It's being touted as the answer to all our prayers for more leg room, but Gizmodo calls this "the most atrocious aeroplane seating design you’ve ever seen."

Grant Bradley flies on Virgin Australia VA30 from Abu Dhabi to Sydney.

Norris Carter is Auckland Airport's general manager of aeronautical and commercial and joined the company in November 2103.

Queenstown Airport has been forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on patching its runway after damage by heavy aircraft.

Winston Aldworth experiences life in the First Class suites aboard the longest commercial flight in the world.

Preparing for another overseas journey, Peter Bromhead has been experiencing the inevitable onslaught of pre-flight nicks to his credit cards.

Qantas and American Airlines have been granted an okay to introduce more services between Australia and the US.

A Kiwi-built, human-powered submarine has made a splash in an international race, falling just a knot short of a new world record.

The US Export-Import Bank is set to expire, eliminating finance for aircraft orders from Boeing's overseas customers.

China Eastern Airlines has plans to build up to daily services on its Auckland-Shanghai service.

Flight Centre says it has been contacted by Kiwis customers worried about access to cash while holidaying in Greece.

China Eastern says it'll soon start flying between Auckland and Shanghai year-round - and travellers are the winners.

A sagging New Zealand dollar will provide an extra boost to the tourism industry, still glowing from a record summer season.

An airline group has ''paused'' a programme covering the size of carry-on luggage after opposition from travellers.

Qatar Airways has won top airline at the Skytrax awards announced in Paris after nearly 19 million passengers voted.

Airline travel is the fastest growing source of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Air New Zealand will broaden the range of wine in premium cabins as it pushes back on claims it is being stingy in economy.

Boeing forecasts demand for 38,050 new planes during the next 20 years, worth close to NZ$8 trillion.

Boeing found room to shoehorn in as many as 14 more seats on its 777 by shrinking the lavatories.

Air NZ has appointed two leading international wine judges and commentators to help select the one million bottles of wine its passengers drink annually.

Boeing is considering the largest-ever narrow-body jetliner to fill a void left when production of the 757 model ended.

Global airlines buoyed by a record profit forecast are also grappling with how to mend a rift between US and Gulf carriers.

A world airline group has agreed what the proper size of a carry-on bag should be - so everyone can bring one aboard.

Qantas and American Airlines have announced a significant expansion of flying across the Pacific - opening up the possibility of new flights.

Airline profits are expected to almost double this year to US$29.3 billion - amounting to US$8.27 per passenger carried.

Businesses as well as the Government are hoping for a spinoff from a high profile at the World Transport Forum in Germany.

Air freight - a barometer of global economic activity - has recovered and is growing at sustainable levels, a transport summit has heard.