More airlines are getting rid of their first-class service with only a few carriers able to sustain top-end cabins, says a report.

An Air New Zealand flight was delayed after a woman walked on to the plane without a ticket.

The family of MH370 pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah have spoken for the first time in a bid to clear up "untrue" rumours about his involvement in the disappearance.

Airlines need to crack down on 'Mr Big Bags' so aircraft board faster and everyone gets locker space.

Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand will extend a $20 million marketing partnership to promote the country in important markets over the next year.

Ryanair is forecasting a return to growth this year after the first profit decline in five years.

Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand will extend a $20 million marketing partnership to promote the country in key overseas markets.

As much as airports and airlines like to talk about improving passengers' lot, they rarely deliver.

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.

For a moment when Danica Weeks wakes up, she thinks the last seven weeks have all been a bad dream.

'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.

After a week of optimism over four underwater signals believed to be coming from the missing Malaysian plane the sea has gone quiet.

The MH370 co-pilot tried to make a mid-flight call from his mobile phone just before the plane vanished from radar screens, a report said yesterday.