Air New Zealand is understood to be considering axing hundreds of jobs as it seeks to claw back $1 million dollar a week losses suffered on its long-haul network.

New Zealand-based Pacific Blue and long-haul offshoot V Australia are now operating under the Virgin Australia banner.

The British Government announced overnight that the UK Air Passenger Duty (APD) will increase by eight per cent next April.

Air New Zealand has this morning slashed its cheapest domestic airfares by up to $10 as it launches new low-cost seats.

A surge in off-site parking has made dropping yourself off at Auckland Airport an attractive option.

Air New Zealand, wants to lift annual profit by $110 million by 2015 and is picking a better performance than the latest earnings performance.

Working in a Third World country often means safety standards are compromised and if something does go wrong, search-and-rescue resources are likely to be limited.

Pilots are giving the thumbs-up to Boeing's new Dreamliner plane, which touched down at Auckland Airport this morning.

Qantas will give away 100,000 air tickets worth AU$20 million as its way of saying "sorry" to passengers it stranded by grounding its fleet last week.