A flight attendant sacked after being accused of eating a pie meant for passengers and berating a customer has lost a bid to get her job back at Air New Zealand.

Need a helicopter? Soon you can Uber it.

Virgin Australia is unlikely to make significant capital returns to shareholders but the threat of a mop-up by the three airlines holding a combined 73 percent stake provides a floor for the share price, says broker First NZ Capital.

Air New Zealand faces increased competition on hotly contested trans-Tasman routes.

AirAsia X's services to Auckland from Malaysia via the Gold Coast will boost tourism revenue from fast growing South East Asia markets.

AirAsia X's return to New Zealand will help keep downward pressure on fares across the Tasman and into Southeast Asia.

South East Asia's biggest budget carrier is returning to New Zealand offering cut price promotional fares.

Singapore Airlines is poised to announce services between Wellington, Canberra and Singapore.

As part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's drive to reinvigorate the world's third-largest economy, Japan is striving to accelerate innovation ahead of hosting the Olympics in 2020.

Air Asia has sent out some strong hints that it will begin flights to and from New Zealand in the near future which could mean bargain fares for Kiwi holidaymakers.

Pets, children, curious adults: Drone researchers call these challenges the problem of "the last 50 feet."

Malaysia Airlines has reversed a ban on checked baggage after taking the unusual step of telling long-haul passengers they should fly without checked luggage on European flights.

Airbus managed to beat a company target for deliveries last year by churning out almost twice the average monthly number in December

An Australian reporter was left fuming after she was asked to pay for a pillow to prop her injured leg up on a Jetstar flight

In today's Summer Q&A, we chat with chief executive of Auckland Airport Adrian Littlewood.

Visitors from China led a jump in Asian arrivals through Auckland International Airport in November, confirming government figures that show New Zealand is becoming a more popular destination as airlines add capacity.

Forget New York. Forget Vegas. Among celebrity chefs, the hot spot for fine dining is . . . the airport.

The biggest seller this Christmas apart from smartwatches will apparently be drones, I'm told.

Qantas shareholders could be set for another windfall after the airline revealed it is on track for a record full-year profit, just two years after its biggest ever loss.

Air New Zealand's new direct service from Auckland to Houston launched tonight with an inaugural flight taking off at 6.30pm

Auckland Airport advises holiday-goers travelling over summer to arrive at the airport an additional 30 minutes earlier to avoid congestion.

Sparks, bangs and a shuddering aircraft are not what most people want from a flight, but passengers on a Jetstar craft experienced exactly that.

Boeing's latest 737 airliner is gliding through development with little notice, and that may be the plane's strongest selling point.

Tourism Industry Association New Zealand chief executive Chris Roberts said this summer was likely to break tourism records.

On a flying visit, Hamish Fletcher finds there's potential - and pitfalls - for NZ businesses in South America's second-largest economy.

The newest long-haul airline into New Zealand, Air China, has landed in Auckland restoring a direct link to Beijing.

Air New Zealand wants speed up the check-in process with futuristic bag drop.

Catastrophic loss of power turned plane into a "zombie jet" until it ran out of fuel and crashed in the ocean, report reveals.