Air New Zealand has emerged as the top performing airline in this region in Macquarie's aviation outlook for the year.

Air New Zealand is wary of more competition emerging across the Pacific from the alliance between Emirates and Qantas.

New Zealand shares rose yesterday as another consumer confidence survey showed improving sentiment, especially in Auckland, even as Australian jobs data disappointed financial markets.

Air NZ says it "remains committed" to the Boeing 787 despite the planes being grounded by US safety regulators.

The day was a celebration, but tears were welling up in the eyes of Sir Paul Holmes' family.

The board and new management of Air New Zealand could be worried by a United States Government review of the safety of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner.

Kiwis are loath to relinquish even a partial ownership share in national assets such as power companies - but the asset sales debate hasn't harmed the Government's polling.

A student who wanted to pay a surprise visit to his mum was stranded at Auckland Airport after Air New Zealand refused to let him buy a ticket. Olly Bennett was given the runaround when he was told he couldn't buy a standby ticket with his Eftpos card.

Days before standing down as Air New Zealand chief executive, Rob Fyfe has been accused of presiding over a "pattern of puerile, sexist depictions of women".

Air New Zealand says it is already benefiting from The Hobbit, even before the movie's wide release.

Air New Zealand customers will be stung with higher excess baggage fees from next week, with the cost of an extra bag on domestic flights set to double.

Air New Zealand is pulling out of its Hong Kong to London service from March next year, a move that is expected to shed around 70 London-based jobs.

Air New Zealand's new The Hobbit-themed inflight safety video has become a global hit with worldwide media coverage spurring it to more than six million YouTube views in just four days.

Air New Zealand is offering free flights to Christchurch as the battle for the cheapest airfares reaches its nadir.

Industry veterans rely on selling their expertise, not hardware or software.

Findings in an inquiry into an Air Nelson plane that skidded along a runway on its nose landing gear doors have been dismissed by the airline.

Hobbit director Sir Peter Jackson stars in the latest Air New Zealand inflight safety video - An Unexpected Briefing.

Air New Zealand's Halloween renaming of Blenheim as Beastheim on its grabaseat website hit a bum note with the town's mayor.