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

Cathay Pacific's new boss in New Zealand is 25-year veteran Mark Pirihi. He started in a sales job when the airline ran just two services a week between Auckland and Hong Kong.

European aerospace giant Airbus is believed to be in the running to buy Air New Zealand's Safe Air engineering subsidiary.

The Paris Air Show saw a surprise first-day surge in long-haul jet demand.

Textron is working to drum up buyers for its self-funded, $20m Scorpion military jet.

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.

Air New Zealand is reviewing 60 engineering jobs as the airline shifts heavy maintenance work overseas.

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

Boeing has released video of a 787-9 Dreamliner practising for the Paris Air Show in the skies above Washington State.

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

Air New Zealand shares fell by nearly 5 per cent after news that it could face competition on its lucrative direct routes to the United States.

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.

A contest to develop new drone technology for the film industry has attracted 30 entries a month out from the cut-off point.

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

Air NZ and Air India have signed a codeshare deal providing smoother access for travellers in both directions.

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.

A corporate travel specialist has a new strategy - encouraging some business people not to travel.

New Zealand has signed an air services deal with Greece that will allow for code share flights.

Jets approaching Auckland will use a third satellite-guided flight path from September, in an attempt to reduce fuel use and spread air traffic over a wider area.

Passengers applauded when millionaire businessman Sir Bob Jones was escorted off a flight in Auckland today.

Captain ordered aviation security to remove Jones after the property magnate refused to follow crew instructions on a plane.

Auckland Airport chief executive Adrian Littlewood says his company is working hard to develop systems and technology to defer infrastructure investment.

Emirates Aviation University and Airways New Zealand have opened a purpose-built air traffic control training facility in Dubai.

Airbus has launched a programme to help airlines reduce their environmental footprint as an international aviation organisation works to cut the growth of emissions.