Air New Zealand's Christopher Luxon hit the ground running when he took over as chief executive on January 1.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has launched a defence of his management team's performance after issuing a grim profit warning and slashing jobs.

Emirates has launched the world's longest Airbus A380 non-stop service, flying the double decker plane from Dubai to Los Angeles.

Jetstar New Zealand head Grant Kerr is used to rolling with the punches.

The fight over Air New Zealand and two other airlines taking a bigger stake in Virgin Australia is intensifying with the deal now in line for further regulatory scrutiny.

Air New Zealand shares have fallen 2c to $1.63 in early trading, according to Bloomberg.

Within five seconds, a dot of light that Russian authorities say is a Boeing 737 appears in the sky over the tarmac and plunges to the ground in a near-vertical crash.

Qantas has launched an attack on Air NZ's commercial strategy behind its investment in Virgin - saying it's a foreign bid to destabilise Australian aviation market.

According to the Labour Party leader, David Cunliffe, the timing of the Government's selldown of shares in Air New Zealand is arrogant.

Opposition parties are warning of higher fares and even a second taxpayer bailout after the Government put another slice of Air NZ on the block.

The Government has now begun the process to sell 20 per cent of Air New Zealand shares.

Air New Zealand will spend up to A$116 million (NZ$130 million) buying into a rights issue by Virgin Australia to maintain its shareholding in the Australian carrier to 25.5 per cent.

The Government is being tipped to sell down its stake in Air NZ early next week ahead of a referendum asking Kiwis if they support partial sales of state-owned assets.

Air New Zealand has unveiled a cabin mock-up of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner and has revealed it will debut on the Auckland-Perth route.

Interior inside a model of the new Air New Zealand Boeing 787.

The man suspected of killing a security officer and wounding three other people in a shooting at LAX had been sought by police after sending a suicidal text to a sibling.

A year-long trial change in the landing approach for some flights to Auckland's airport will end today after months of residents complaining of increased noise.

In part one of a two part interview Air NZ chief executive Christopher Luxon talks to Business Herald aviation reporter Grant Bradley about changes he has introduced. Part two will address the Government sell down and arrival of the 787.

China Southern Airlines flew the first scheduled Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight into New Zealand yesterday.

Aaron Hailwood flies Pegasus Airways PG536 and PG462, Rome to Tbilisi.

Put your chief executive live on a Twitter chat? Great idea - until he starts tweeting.

Air New Zealand is shaping up as the pick of the Government-owned companies on sale after Meridian Energy's low offer price and Mighty River Power's languishing shares.