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![Air NZ tight-lipped on plane grounding](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Air NZ tight-lipped on plane grounding
An engine issue grounded a Christchurch-bound flight at Dunedin International Airport yesterday, but Air NZ has kept tight lipped about the problems.
![Fine wine will soon board America's first class](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fine wine will soon board America's first class
US airlines are spending heavily to find wines that work in the harsh gustatory environment of a dry, pressurised cabin at 35,000 ft.
![Cheaper flights coming, expert predicts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Cheaper flights coming, expert predicts
Air New Zealand’s investment in bigger planes, means more bums on seats, which means cheaper prices for the travelling public, an industry expert says.
![Houston hop part of Air NZ growth spurt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Houston hop part of Air NZ growth spurt
Air New Zealand is launching a fresh near half-billion dollar push into the United States with services to Houston from Auckland this year.
![Air NZ - Houston will be longest haul](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Air NZ - Houston will be longest haul
Air New Zealand's Auckland-Houston flights will be the longest on the airline's network.
![Air NZ set to service Tigerair](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Air NZ set to service Tigerair
Air New Zealand and a global aircraft parts supplier AJW Group have done a deal to service components of Tigerair Australia planes.
![Air NZ buys into Waikato Uni's analytics firm](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Air NZ buys into Waikato Uni's analytics firm
Air NZ and Canadian analytics company Aimia have bought Waikato University spinoff 11Ants Analytics for an undisclosed sum.
![Airlines shun longer Wellington runway](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Airlines shun longer Wellington runway
Wellington Airport and airlines are at loggerheads over whether carriers would use an extended runway for long-haul flights.
![How Air NZ looks after pilots](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
How Air NZ looks after pilots
Air NZ has implemented new rules requiring two people, including at least one pilot, to be in the cockpit at all times.
![Maori heritage helps China Southern exec](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Maori heritage helps China Southern exec
Blair Haeata says his Maori heritage has helped him fit into marketing roles at a number of Chinese businesses, including his latest job at China Southern Airlines.
![Calls for overhaul of medical secrecy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Calls for overhaul of medical secrecy
In a country where Nazi and communist persecution and eavesdropping have left deep scars, data secrecy has cast-iron legal protection in Germany.
![Qantas treading on toes with ban](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Qantas treading on toes with ban
"Feels like home" may be Qantas' latest advertising slogan, but it doesn't apply to the airline's lounges, where a "smart-casual" dress code means a ban on jandals.
![Bayleys links up with Airpoints programme](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Bayleys links up with Airpoints programme
Real estate firm Bayleys yesterday joined Air New Zealand's Airpoints programme and the airline is on the lookout for more partners.
![Lubitz researched suicide, cockpit door](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Lubitz researched suicide, cockpit door
Andreas Lubitz had searched online for suicide methods and cockpit doors before he crashed a Germanwings flight into a mountain, prosecutors say.
![Lufthansa knew Lubitz had depression](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Lufthansa knew Lubitz had depression
Lufthansa has admitted for the first time that it knew Andreas Lubitz suffered from serious depression.
![Air service deals to boost global links](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Air service deals to boost global links
New Zealand has secured 10 new air service deals allowing links with countries ranging from Bahrain in the Middle East to Curacao in the Caribbean.
![Prosecutors: Co-pilot may have hidden illness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Prosecutors: Co-pilot may have hidden illness
Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz appears to have hidden evidence of an illness from his employers, including having been excused by a doctor from work the day he crashed a passenger plane into a mountain, prosecutors said Friday.
![Germanwings silent on locked-out pilot](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Germanwings silent on locked-out pilot
Germanwings last night would not confirm reports one of the two pilots on its doomed flight was locked out of the cockpit before the plane crashed in the French Alps.
![Chinese business spreading its wings](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Chinese business spreading its wings
As China's economy has rapidly expanded over the past couple of decades, the Asian superpower's commercial giants have spread their wings and gone out into the world.