Internal comments from Air NZ have revealed some staff take a dim view of the airline's rebranding.

Hawaiian Airlines will start flying non-stop between Auckland and Hawaii, three times weekly from March next year.

John Key's achievement this week deserves more recognition than it might ever receive.

Air NZ's new chief executive says the business is addictive and maybe "an insane way to make money".

Pilots gave a "textbook" emergency response when a New Zealand colleague became unwell during an Auckland-bound Los Angeles flight on Saturday, aviation experts say.

An Auckland-bound flight has been forced to return to Los Angeles after a pilot became unwell early into the trip. A doctor who was a passenger on board the Air New Zealand flight treated the pilot as the plane turned back to LA last night.