How do you load a plane quicker? New research suggests a lengthy airport gate queues could be slashed by seating passengers according to their hand luggage.

The introduction of constant tracking of commercial aircraft during the whole journey of missing flight MH370 has been raised by Malaysian authorities in a preliminary report.

Airlines have welcomed the prospect of flying into Queenstown after dark now the resort's airport has safety clearance for night flights.

Auckland Airport says it wants a fixed taxi fare price for a trip into the city to stop exorbitant fares - but it can't take any action until contracts expire in 2016.

Auckland residents complaining that aircraft noise over their homes has become intolerable are thanking an anonymous benefactor for contributing thousands to their cause.

An international panel of experts will re-examine all data gathered in the nearly two-month hunt for the missing Malaysian jet.

A Queensland man who sparked a hijack scare at Bali airport on Friday has denied he was drunk and claimed he believed the cockpit door was the entrance to the aircraft's toilet.

'Hoax, miracle, or we're going to have to rewrite the textbooks.' Experts have cast doubt on teen's claim to have stowed away in a plane wheel for a 5 hour flight.

Cathay Pacific's catering operations at Chep Lap Kok in Hong Kong last year produced 31.7 million meals for 41 international airlines.

The planned strategic alliance between Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines has taken an important step with Singaporean authorities giving it approval.

Philippines low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific is eyeing New Zealand as a possible destination following a new air service agreement between the two countries.

A 16-year-old boy stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii, surviving the trip unharmed despite frigid temperatures and a lack of oxygen

An air force C-130 Hercules produced a spectacular finale to Warbirds over Wanaka as it dropped flares in the sky - a strategy effective against heat-seeking missiles.

The task has been described as impossible and only a week ago the world's media were mournfully saying the wreckage of the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 "may never be found".

The loved ones of those who perished on Malaysia Airlines flight 653 are still waiting for answers about what happened on the plane - 37 years later.

A new report says the missing Malaysia Airlines plane was 'thrown around like a fighter jet' - flying drastic manoeuvres in a bid to dodge radar.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott was to update China's President Xi Jinping on the latest developments in the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 before he left Beijing last night.

No new acoustic signals have been detected in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

The approximate location of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 deep in the Indian Ocean could be known within days as ships focus on a fading series of pings.

As the search continues for Flight 370, it's probable that answers surrounding the mystery of the aircraft will not be available until the recorders are recovered.

Unmanned underwater vehicles will be deployed in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet only when another acoustic signal is detected, authorities say.

Virgin Group chief executive Josh Bayliss says overcapacity harming airline profits in Australia may take some time to be absorbed.

A Swiss air freight company has been penalised $3.1 million by a NZ judge for being part of a "classic hard-core cartel" that used gardening codewords to try disguise itself.

Malaysia's Government is deliberately concealing information that would help explain what happened to missing flight MH370, the country's Opposition Leader has claimed.

A crisis management expert has defended Malaysia Airlines' decision to send news about missing flight MH370 to relatives of crew and passengers via text message.