More than 2000 passengers are stuck in NZ as airports remain closed until at least 7am tomorrow.

For most of us, airline food conjures up far-from-appetising images of soggy omelettes, insipid veges and reheated meat.

Enhanced engine technology has magnified the risk of fatal damage to aircraft flying into volcanic ash clouds, writes Mathew Dearnaley.

NZ pilots are to be randomly checked to ensure they are telling the truth about any past drug and alcohol convictions.

I won't fly on a budget airline. For the sake of saving a few, or even a few score, dollars I'm not going to trust myself in an alien dimension to el cheapo operators.

Air NZ apologises for a crew manual which suggested flight attendants watch Tongans who wanted to "drink the bar dry".

Telecom shares sank to new a low on the NZ sharemarket today, while rises in Fletcher Building, Contact Energy and other leaders helped carry the market higher.

You're better off booking your transtasman flight on Air New Zealand's website from the other side of the ditch.

A Gisborne man left without crucial medicine when his luggage went missing on a Pacific Blue flight says he owes his life to rival airline Air NZ.

A former Air NZ flight attendant claim the airline does more to help pilots battling alcohol or drug addictions than it does for "expendable" cabin crew.

An Air NZ pilot who did not tell authorities about three drink-driving convictions was described last night as a 'model citizen' by the airline.

A unionist has attacked Air NZ boss Rob Fyfe over the 'grubby deal' with police that has led to drink-driving staff being penalised twice.

Air NZ and Progressive Enterprises took top honours in the Marketing Association's RSVP and Nexus Awards for response-driven marketing.