Flight-deck error, inadequate training and a maintenance slip caused the crash of an Air NZ jet, France's air safety board has determined.

Qantas-owned budget airline Jetstar is expanding in the New Zealand domestic market by offering 39 extra flights from February.

Virgin Blue may abandon trans-Tasman routes after its alliance plans with Air NZ were knocked back by Australia's competition regulator.

Travellers between Tauranga and Christchurch, and Invercargill and Wellington, are the big winners in Air New Zealand's latest boost to domestic capacity.

Air NZ says uncertainty surrounding the global economic recovery continued to suppress demand for air travel during the past 12 months.

A judge has reserved his decision in the case of a pilot seeking his job back after he was fired for drinking and having sex with a young flight attendant the night before a flight.

The latest rugby-themed Air New Zealand safety video features a few familiar faces along with an elderly streaker.

Air New Zealand deals with nearly 4000 people in grief a year, some of whom have shared their tales with the Herald.

A grieving son says he was sickened when Air NZ said it needed to see a death certificate before it would change his flights.