A Qantas pilot who had repeated urges to crash his planes was allowed to continue working for three years after doctors declared him fit to fly.

Qantas has been ordered to pay out today for keeping a pilot on their roster who was mentally unfit to fly an airplane.

Air NZ apologises for a crew manual which suggested flight attendants watch Tongans who wanted to "drink the bar dry".

Emergency services were scrambled after an Air New Zealand flight from Sydney carrying 99 passengers and eight crew was diverted to land at Auckland late last night.

You're better off booking your transtasman flight on Air New Zealand's website from the other side of the ditch.

Flight attendants and half a dozen passengers became sick on a Jetstar flight in Queensland when a chemical smell wafted through the plane.

A Gisborne man left without crucial medicine when his luggage went missing on a Pacific Blue flight says he owes his life to rival airline Air NZ.

A former Air NZ flight attendant claim the airline does more to help pilots battling alcohol or drug addictions than it does for "expendable" cabin crew.

An Air NZ pilot who did not tell authorities about three drink-driving convictions was described last night as a 'model citizen' by the airline.

Man so enraged crew couldn't pay him on the spot that he ate his winning ticket.

A unionist has attacked Air NZ boss Rob Fyfe over the 'grubby deal' with police that has led to drink-driving staff being penalised twice.

Air NZ and Progressive Enterprises took top honours in the Marketing Association's RSVP and Nexus Awards for response-driven marketing.

Air NZ reported its first-half profit almost doubled as fuel costs tumbled and the airline reined in labour costs.