Air NZ trials downtown bag check-in to ease pressure
The remote bag check will be free at first then cost $15 per booking.
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Virgin Australia axes some NZ flights, cuts back on others
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Qantas finds Boeing 737 cracks - no transtasman disruptions
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Woman reveals the bizarre way she tried to avoid an airline's excess baggage fee.
How your inflight meal goes from the kitchen to your seat
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Most Norfolk Islanders want to cut ties with Australia and join New Zealand - survey
A blistering poll shows Norfolk Islanders want to renounce Australia, join New Zealand.
American Airlines' big NZ play: Why price for US flights should fall
New destinations will shake-up competition to the US with fares likely to fall.
Touchdown: Cathay Pacific first with Airbus A350-1000 in Auckland
Hong Kong-based airline confident of NZ route as protests dent traffic through base.
Southwest airline pilots 'watched livestream from hidden camera in toilet'
Lawsuit alleges there was hidden camera in a bathroom in one of the airline's jets.
How Air New Zealand snared its $21m man
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Air New Zealand withdrawal: London-based Kiwi fights back
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The airline will start with three Auckland-New York flights a week but hope to build up.
Market uncertainty forces Auckland Airport to delay investor day
An analyst says a start on a second runway may be pushed out further.
Some Air NZ crew found jobs axed mid-flight: Union
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Analysis: Why Air NZ is cutting its London route
Auckland-New York will be the longest on Air NZ's network, LA-London was a tough route
Air NZ axes London flights, launches Auckland-New York service
Air New Zealand will axe one of its major international routes after 36 years.
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