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Time travel: 75 years of Air NZ
In 1940 Air New Zealand started life as Tasman Empire Airways Ltd and launched with a nine-hour flight across the Tasman aboard a flying boat.
In 1940 Air New Zealand started life as Tasman Empire Airways Ltd and launched with a nine-hour flight across the Tasman aboard a flying boat.
Pressure is mounting on Air New Zealand to lower its fares in and out of Tauranga.
Freshly shucked New Zealand oysters could soon be served on aircraft flying to China, following a partnership with Al Brown.
An Air New Zealand flight attendant caught importing methamphetamine into the country stitched into his uniform has avoided a jail term.
John Key's supportive soundbites for Air NZ are going down in the Far North like a cup of cold you-know-what, writes Roger Ludbrook.
Why discontinue services to centres such as Kaitaia and Whakatane? The bitter truth is that New Zealand does not have a national airline with network obligations.
A Tauranga-based operator is poised to take over Air New Zealand's cancelled regional air services from Whakatane and Kaitaia but will charge similar prices.
Prime Minister John Key says plans to scrap some regional flights around the country is generally good news, a point many of the affected communities dispute.
Christopher Luxon was brought in to put the foot down and drive profit, writes Grant Bradley. He's not about to let historic ties to some towns influence cold, hard business decisions.
Hobbit fans and media have descended on New Zealand for an exclusive Hobbit tour and screening of the final film in the trilogy.
Air NZ will send its third and final flight to Mt Erebus this month - upsetting family members who have missed out.
The line of passengers taking pictures of the plane they'd just stepped off at Auckland Airport this week was proof that big aircraft make a big impression.
Captain Ann Barbarich had just landed Dreamliner plane full of passengers at an Australian airport when she suffered an medical emergency.
When an Auckland midwife turned up to the airport 19 minutes before her flight and was told she could not check in she said: "I'm going to cause a ruckus".
Like the coveted ring featured in the films, a Hobbit-inspired in-flight safety video has proven it is the one video to rule them all, with more than 16m views in a week.
Air NZ is ripping the interiors out of eight of its widebody Boeing 777-200s and refitting them in a $100m project.
An Air New Zealand flight to Hawaii has been forced to return to Auckland this afternoon.
A Waikato woman was amazed when a last-minute airfare to travel from Taupo to Nelson cost her $445 - more than a return flight to Sydney.
China Eastern Airlines is to start regular scheduled services to Shanghai from Auckland over summer in a challenge to Air New Zealand.
Air New Zealand has again defended what the airline charges on its regional routes, saying profits are falling on its provincial network.
Air New Zealand has sold its cabin interiors and corporate jet fitout business, saying it has "divested at the right time".
Air New Zealand has sold its cabin interiors and corporate jet fitout business to a British-based company for an undisclosed sum.
More New Zealanders are set to head to the United States with 56,000 more airline seats next year and predictions fares will fall on increasingly competitive routes across the Pacific.
Ancillary revenue on top of airline ticket prices has soared by 1200 per cent in the last seven years.
Air New Zealand's last Jumbo jet is due to make its last passenger flight from Auckland on Wednesday.
Air New Zealand's last jumbo jet, the Boeing 747 is about to leave New Zealand this week. This video gives us insight into the history and legacy of this mighty aircraft, and a final goodbye from the airline as it is replaced by the much newer and more efficient 787 Dreamliner