An airline has been slapped with a fine after allowing a passenger to fly to New Zealand without approval from Immigration New Zealand.

Delta Air Lines is offering customers the opportunity to flag their commercial flight and instead board a private jet.

A heavyweight travel industry coalition is calling for the Government to rethink its proposed border tax.

Macquarie says Jetstar will have a big fight on its hands to make money from its planned new regional operations.

Police said the 47-year-old was removed from the flight shortly before take-off at Queenstown International Airport.

Auckland Airport has lifted restrictions after a blanket of fog caused disruptions for hundreds of passengers throughout the morning.

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Things are booming at Auckland Airport, with visitors from China and the US up more than 20 per cent last month.

Queenstown Airport has been forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on patching its runway after damage by heavy aircraft.

A global airline organisation says the looming travel tax could cost jobs and is a breach of aviation principles.

Australian consumer advocacy group Choice is on board to campaign against Jetstar’s “opt-out” booking service.

A tourism leader has branded the Government's new travel tax as ludicrous and hypocrisy.

Qantas and American Airlines have been granted an okay to introduce more services between Australia and the US.

Airways is looking a new space-based air traffic control system that would supersede radar.

Air NZ is the sole voice protesting against Qantas and American Airlines' application for a co-ordinated increase in flights.

China Eastern Airlines has plans to build up to daily services on its Auckland-Shanghai service.

A psychologist has suggested a Jetstar passenger who is accused of making a bomb threat is mentally unfit to plead to charges.

Qantas is adding thousands of extra seats to its transtasman services in early spring as its subsidiary Jetstar moves ahead with plans for regional services.

Plane had to dump 50,000 litres of fuel and passengers had to wait almost 24 hours to take off again after passenger demanded nuts non-stop.

The Australian division of European aerospace company Airbus has confirmed it is buying Air New Zealand's subsidiary Safe Air.

Frustrated Jetstar passengers left stranded after their flight to Queenstown was detoured are once again en route to their original destination by coach.

A regional air fare war is looming as Jetstar starts services to provincial cities where Air New Zealand has had a stranglehold.

Jetstar plans to start flights to new regional destinations later this year in what will be a major shake-up for domestic air travel.

The national carrier's shares dropped 10 per cent ahead of an impending Jetstar announcement.

A teenager recovering from head injuries had to be removed from a flight to Christchurch under police escort this morning after appearing to suffer a panic attack.

Jetstar is about to make a significant announcement on the expansion of its domestic operations.

Qatar Airways has won top airline at the Skytrax awards announced in Paris after nearly 19 million passengers voted.

Cathay Pacific's new boss in New Zealand is 25-year veteran Mark Pirihi. He started in a sales job when the airline ran just two services a week between Auckland and Hong Kong.

European aerospace giant Airbus is believed to be in the running to buy Air New Zealand's Safe Air engineering subsidiary.