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Big downturn in British tourists
September arrivals for British visitors were the lowest in a decade, Statistics NZ figures show.

Air NZ's newest mouthpiece stirs up controversy
A potty-mouthed puppet called Rico is the controversial new face of the country's national carrier, Air New Zealand.

The plane truth about in-flight meals
The inexplicable blandness of airline food has been pondered at 30,000 feet by generations of travellers.

Airport fight: Man in dock
The man who allegedly attacked "shock jock" Iain Stables at Auckland Airport is facing assault charges.

Singapore Airlines to offer in-flight web
The company will make the services available on Airbus A340-500s and A380s and Boeing's 777-300ER models.

Kiwis keep flying despite terror alerts
Warnings of terror attacks in Europe are not affecting bookings, say airlines.

Inside Emirates Flight Training Academy
The airline is currently training nearly 300 cadets who are aspiring to become pilots, further strengthening its commitment to nurturing aviation talent. Video / Emirates

Landing gear problems plague manufacturer
The manufacturers of the Bombardier say yesterday's Blenheim incident was the third one of its kind worldwide in less than a week.

80 selected for Erebus flight
Eighty people who lost family members in the 1979 Erebus tragedy will travel to Antarctica on a remembrance flight this summer after their names were drawn in a ballot.

Virgin Blue backlog chaos
Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Australian airports for a second night last night as Virgin Blue struggled to clear a backlog caused by a computer crash on Sunday.

Air NZ's 'whoop whoop' questioned
A woman whose father died in the Air NZ Mt Erebus disaster has questioned the airline's use 'whoop whoop' - the last signal crew heard before the DC-10 went down - in its advertising.