Air NZ's new credit system: No room for error now
The battered airline has built a new system it hopes will take heat off the credit issue.
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Experts say the flight might not be the most risky part of travel.
Take-off: Where business travel is bouncing back fastest
Kiwi travellers still making business trips overseas and the leisure business is healthy.
Flying's back to 1996: The long wait for global aviation to take off again
Aviation executives pummelled by the pandemic are hopeful of recovery, albeit slow.
'Selfie mask' company makes coverings more personable
A solution to social hygiene that is as idiosyncratic as you are.
Air NZ opens revamped Auckland domestic lounge
The revamped Auckland lounge is part of a programme to improve them around NZ.
Frozen in time: Newspapers from 1966 air crash found in glacier
A mountaineer has uncovered litter on a French glacier with an extraordinary history.
Grounded: Qantas cancels all international flights from Australia until March 2021
Qantas has cancelled flight bookings, except to NZ, until March 2021.
Flying into the sunset - Covid seals fate of 'Queen of the Skies'
Jumbos doing the heavy lifting during pandemic but passenger models being phased out.
Family fear sick flight attendant will die in Dubai Jail
The UK attendant is in fear of her life in a Dubai jail after a first date went wrong.
Could this wacky airplane design solve distancing woes?
Facial coverings and empty seats are a temporary fix to an ongoing problem.
Border block: Who pays when airlines told to turn off bookings?
It's another blow for Air NZ which could have grounds to seek compensation.
Air NZ won't rule out compensation from Government
Air NZ boss warns some passengers may be bumped from flights from next week.
Pacific bubble plan: Island push for vast travel grouping
A Pacific bubble over a huge area is being proposed by small Covid-free states.
Kiwis stuck in Australia 'gutted' after flights canned
Limbo land: Dylan Little gutted his family has to wait at least three weeks to get home.
He rushed to his sick relative's bedside. But this Kiwi now can't fly home for weeks
Expat Kiwi stranded here after he was bumped off return flight to Aussie at last minute.
Jetstar drops 25,000 flights to under $50
Jetstar is offering Kiwis yet another range of cheap flights.
Watch: PM explains why flights returning Kiwis to NZ have been restricted
PM denies Govt put restrictions on incoming flights into NZ because it was overwhelmed.
Focus Live: Government restricting seats on Air NZ flights for Kiwis returning home
The Government has confirmed it is restricting seats on international flights for people wanting to return to New Zealand.
'Cannot be demand-driven' - flights for returning Kiwis restricted
Bookings for seats on Air New Zealand flights into New Zealand have been reduced.
Mum left angry, frustrated after 3 teen children booted off overloaded flight
Atareta Wilson says it was a frustrating and helpless situation to be in.
Hysterical scenes as passengers booted off plane, put in quarantine
Air New Zealand tried to remove a woman going to her mother's funeral.
The new look of air travel: Qatar Airways' compulsory face shields
The airline is taking PPE for passengers a step further as it rebuilds its network.
Auckland Airport international terminal 'eerily quiet', border debate push grows
International passenger numbers are 95% down as powerful group calls for border strategy.
Travel-starved tourists board fake flight to nowhere
It was a moment the passengers on the China Airlines A330 had waited months for.
Influential New Zealanders call for borders to open
Three influential New Zealand figures say economy will suffer if borders don't open.
Global air traffic's big bounce, Emirates airline back in NZ
Airlines have 21% more planes in the air this week - the challenge is filling them.
Europe's carriers return to dry skies without drinks trolley
It remains to be seen if this call for temperance will only be temporary.
Covid fears: Air NZ international crew treated 'like pariahs'
Union says staff are working under difficult conditions to bring stranded Kiwis home
Air NZ: Green shoots in domestic network some good news for jobs
Domestic capacity has built more quickly than expected and that's better job news
Air NZ passenger says cabin crew too relaxed during global pandemic
An Air New Zealand passenger was shocked most of the crew weren't wearing masks
Virgin Australia gets a second chance after Bain buyout
Private equity firm wins after rival pulls out at late stage
Pilots warn new isolation rules could risk flight cancellations
Work being done to make the restrictions work for airline operation and public safety.