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Air New Zealand latest to jump on TikTok travel bandwagon
The airline is the latest company to follow travellers on to the platform.
Ukraine among world's fastest improving passports
Not all passports are equal but these are fast improving their place in the world.
Airline's adverts banned for ‘Greenwashing’ in landmark ruling
Europe’s second largest airline has landed in hot water over its green credentials.
Grand plan at Qantas: What’s ahead of Cam Wallace across the Tasman
The former top Air NZ exec will take a wealth of insight with him.
EU delays ETIAS 'e-visa' but international travel is preparing for drastic shakeup
The era of holiday-makers being able to hop on a plane “visa free” may soon be over.
Woman beats British Airways in court using 80-year-old legislation
After a two-year battle, the airline had to pay almost $5000.
Actor dropped from Australian show over ‘indecent act’ on flight
The Belarusian actor was charged with indecent act towards another passenger.
Pilots’ northern lights detour delights passengers
Passenger planes have been making unscheduled loops over Europe this week, hunting aurora.
Quick fix? Passenger freaks out at 'speed tape' on plane wings
A passenger was puzzled by what appeared to be a patchy fix on his plane wing.
'Awful experience': Diverted Jetstar plane stuck 7 hours on tarmac
Passengers were stuck on the tarmac for almost as long as they were airborne.
Cam Wallace: ‘It’s an honour to be joining Qantas’
New job will pit him against former colleagues at Air NZ.
Woman justifies confronting mother and child on plane
A woman has had a pang of conscience after confronting a mother's 'badly behaved' child.
'No pulse': Flight attendant, 24, dies on tarmac moments after flight landed
The flight attendant who 'loved her job' died suddenly on arrival to an airport.
Qantas unveils 'flying hotel rooms' going to New York on Project Sunrise
The airline unveiled flying boutique hotel rooms. With wardrobes, beds and recliners.
Business class passenger served single banana for breakfast
On the bright side, the passenger said it was “one of the best” they'd eaten in a while.
Greg Foran: Air NZ not price gouging but enjoying 'tailwinds'
Airline boss says return to profit 'a good start'.
Auckland Airport working with insurers on flood claim, faces $500,000 excess
Floods in January suspended both international and domestic flights.
How Air NZ came back from the brink after $1b Covid blow
Airline in a sweet spot, but travellers face continued airfare pain.
Qantas reveals massive billion-dollar half-year profit
Qantas Group's "huge turnaround" after big trouble not so long ago.
'Too late!' Embarrassing reason JAL plane refused by airport
The domestic shuttle flight turned into a seven-hour 'flight to nowhere'.
Air NZ takes delivery of 'factory fresh' A321neo to revamp domestic network
After a long wait, Air New Zealand’s extra-long A321neo has touched down in Auckland.
Back in the black: Air New Zealand’s $299m half-year profit
The result is a spectacular turnaround on last year's $367 underlying loss.
Queenstown airport paying record dividend, airline serving NZ makes record profit
Good times roll in balance sheets of aviation businesses.
Qantas loses woman’s luggage on way to wedding - vows never to fly with them again
The mum from New Plymouth said she was left over $600 out of pocket by the experience.
Dozens in NZ possibly exposed to measles on recent flight into Sydney
Passengers are strongly urged to call Healthline.
600 cases at Auckland as Qantas lost baggage mounts on both sides of Tasman
Qantas sends additional team members to Auckland to deal with backlogs.
Airline refuses passenger's $5m violin as carry on - takes 8hr bus trip instead
The musician refused to check the one-of-a-kind Stradivarius into the cargo hold.
Serious concerns over safety item regularly taken from aircraft
Airlines have seen an alarming rise in these items walking off planes.
Traveller uses ChatGPT to write ‘passively aggressive’ complaint to airline
'I am writing to express my extreme frustration and disappointment,' the AI chatbot wrote.
Passengers separated from bags and prescription drugs in luggage-handling chaos
Backlogs of mishandled bags have caused anxiety for travellers with missing prescriptions.
Hapless passenger watches lost wallet travel to 35 cities on plane
'Do I get to keep all the miles that my wallet is accumulating?'
One of the world’s biggest airports admits it massively failed in 2022
'2022 will go down in our history books as a bad chapter,' said the airport's CEO.
Private jumbo jet scrapped after just 30 hours in the air
Parts from the luxury jet liner have a future flying parcels rather than Saudi royals.