The actions of an engineer who'd checked the engine of an Air NZ 747 after it caught fire on approach to San Francisco were not inappropriate, an investigation finds.

According to my (child-free) colleague, budget airline Scoot, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, are on to a good thing.

A former Air New Zealand flight attendant who was forced to hand over her bank records and Facebook page for an employment investigation has won her case.

New Zealand shares rose as Air New Zealand and A2 Corp posted earnings growth, and Fonterra Shareholders' Fund gained a day after the dairy group's whey protein tested free of a bacterium that could cause botulism.

Fog restrictions have been lifted at Auckland Airport after dozens of domestic flights were disrupted this morning.

Air New Zealand says it will delay the axing of 180 wide-body maintenance jobs if it can get an industrial agreement with a union covering some of the engineers.

The aviation community is angry Air New Zealand is looking offshore for its pilots.

Air New Zealand says Boeing has kept it updated on the Ethiopian Airways incident last week.

Nici Wickes is delighted by the amazing choice of quality eats on offer in San Francisco and by the ethical commitment to the food produced there.

More than half the people who responded to a Herald-DigiPoll survey think airlines should accept employees with visible tattoos.

A flight attendant who was sacked by Air New Zealand for disruptive and uncooperative behaviour on a flight has been ordered to pay more than $10,000 in costs.

A world-first trial involving Air New Zealand flights aims to boost biosecurity at the border.

The first of Air New Zealand's 787s being built by Boeing has had its engines fitted, and the airline has released details of routes it could fly.

Air New Zealand is nearing the end of what will be a decade-long journey to get the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner into its fleet.

'I've never been struck by lightning in all my years of flying.' An MP was one of many who got a shocking surprise on an Air NZ flight this morning.

Air New Zealand will pay more than $8 million in penalties for its role in air cargo price fixing, offending which a High Court judge says hurt consumers.

Air New Zealand is laying on the Kiwi look thick by adding a fern to the koru, ditching teal and going black and white on all its aircraft.

The debate over the sale of shares in state-owned enterprises has been polarised.

Air New Zealand and the Commerce Commission have buried the hatchet after a long-running legal battle, with the national carrier agreeing to pay a $7.5 million penalty for cargo price-fixing breaches of the Commerce Act.