Air New Zealand's new Los Angeles Koru Lounge is a sleek and stylish space that compares favourably with the best airport lounges worldwide.

Air New Zealand will tomorrow begin operating from a new lounge at Los Angeles Airport, part of a broad strategy to provide more comfort to premium passengers and frequent fliers.

Air New Zealand has been chosen as the airline of the year for the second year running by an aviation website.

The Air New Zealand Dreamliner knocked out of action after being struck by lightning was back in service today, flying from Auckland to Sydney.

A lightning strike has knocked one of Air New Zealand's new Dreamliners out of action for two days.

Air NZ chief executive Christopher Luxon singles out innovation as one of its long-term sources of competitive advantage.

Air New Zealand has secured the company of the year award at the Deloitte Top 200 Awards for 2014.

Chairperson of the Year Tony Carter is known to be a strong believer in diversity in the boardroom.

Simon Challies of retirement village operator Ryman Healthcare has been named executive of the year and Air New Zealand company of the year at the Deloitte Top 200 Awards.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The cast of The Hobbit star in the latest Air New Zealand safety video, released today.

An Air New Zealand pilot caught riding a scooter without a helmet and more than two and a half times the alcohol limit has avoided conviction.

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.