New air traffic control systems to cut bottlenecks have resulted in fewer delays this year and bigger fuel savings, says Airways.

Fear of Ebola and global instability have helped boost interest in corporate jet travel.

The latest Airbus has been frozen, subjected to super-hot temperatures, had its brakes jammed on until they reached 1400C and its wings bent to breaking point.

Air New Zealand passengers stranded for days in Hawaii are "gobsmacked" at revelations crew were out drinking, making them unfit for duty if the plane had been made airworthy.

Air NZ crew assigned to fly stranded passengers home from Hawaii are understood to have been too drunk to go on duty at one stage even if their plane had been airworthy.

Reports that land mines have been laid near the MH17 crash site in Ukraine are "utterly despicable", Australia's Foreign Minister says.

Imagine a plane is taking off from Heathrow Airport. It crashes on the runway. Do you continue to film the burning aircraft or pan away?

The top American airlines are making more money than ever - but don't expect it to mean lower prices for passengers.

Qantas has reassured passengers it's still safe to fly over Iraq, despite network partner Emirates' deciding to steer clear of the conflict-torn nation.

Ten days after the shooting down of MH17, Anthony Maslin and wife Rin Norris are living a "hell beyond hell".

Vladimir Putin is facing a multimillion-dollar legal action for his alleged role in the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine.

Aeroplane disasters have the ability to conjure up the special dread that comes with the unknown, writes Archie Bland.

The family of Mary Menke, an ex-pat New Zealander killed in the MH17 disaster, have released a statement about her life with her Dutch husband Gerry in Australia.

This year is the deadliest for air disasters since 2010, but Kiwi aviation experts say passengers are still statistically unlikely to die in an aircraft crash.

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has been named the world's best airline at the annual Skytrax Awards.

The black boxes that could help reveal the pattern of events before the downing of MH17 in eastern Ukraine will be examined by investigators in Britain, David Cameron says.

Australian Governor-General is travelling to the Netherlands to receive the bodies of the Australians killed in the MH17 disaster.

Two seats were left empty as Newcastle played Sydney FC in Dunedin. They were for two men who died on board flight MH17.

Ukraine’s security services has released photographs and videos it says show Russian-made BUK-M1 surface-to-air missile systems inside the rebel-held area.

An international sports team due to fly to France on Malaysia Airlines is changing carriers because the players fear for their safety after the MH17 tragedy.

Malaysia Airlines has told New Zealand travel agents its government owner is committed to ensuring its long-term future as the national carrier.

A call by the chief of Emirates for a global summit of carriers to tackle new threats to planes has been met with a muted response from the body representing airlines.

Auckland psychologist Grant Amos believes the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in March proved more troubling to nervous passengers.

Families of MH17 victims have urgently cancelled their loved ones' credit cards and mobile phones amid reports of looting at the crash site.

Australia continued to spearhead international demands yesterday for Russian-backed rebels to allow unrestricted access to the MH17 crash site.