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One's dignity is a small price when faced with excess luggage charges.
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Previously fines and cautions had been given, but the scale of this offence was huge.
Fence-jumper at Queenstown airport detained
Police received reports of 'someone being where they shouldn't be'.
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His only option was to attempt a "power-off" landing with his family on board.
Auckland airport emergency: Plane lands after engine failure
Fourteen fire trucks respond after report plane's engines had failed.
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Passenger insists on taking 'valuable' samurai sword as carry-on
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Airport staff baffled by detail in monk's passport
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Stranded in paradise: Passengers hit out after canned flight
Passenger stuck after cancellation: More than half were without food or water for hours.
Five hours to kill in Singapore Changi airport? Come with us
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Air NZ flight turns around after landing gear fails to retract
The flight from Christchurch to Auckland encountered problems after takeoff at 12.45.
Flight check: Tokyo Narita to Melbourne with Qantas
Denise Stephens flies from Tokyo Narita to Melbourne on Qantas QF80
Focus Live Earlier: Two found dead in wrecked plane after search and rescue operation
Focus Live Earlier: Two found dead in wrecked plane after search and rescue operation.
Focus Live Earlier: All flights across the country grounded due to radar fault
Focus Live Earlier: All flights across the country grounded due to radar fault.
Flight check: Sydney to Ho Chi Minh City with Vietnam Airlines
Grant Bradley flies Vietnam Airlines from Sydney to Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Flight check: Flying to Fiji with PM Jacinda Ardern
Jason Walls flies on RNZAF flight NPB659 to Fiji, with the PM, en route to Tuvalu.
Flight check: Auckland to Singapore with Singapore Airlines
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Airports are notoriously expensive, but some charges are downright outrageous.
New generation of aircraft counts your toilet breaks
Attention airline bathroom loiterers: The next generation of Airbus aircraft tracks you.
Snags at the border: What's being done to make transtasman travel easier
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Passenger dies on Air New Zealand flight minutes before landing
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New Ice Age: 1500kg of meth seized in drug busts record
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'They almost made it': Air NZ passenger dies during descent into Auckland
A passenger has died on an Air New Zealand flight from Buenos Aires to Auckland.
Auckland Airport celebrates new look at Vantage Bar
Auckland has taken the wraps off the last piece in a multi-million dollar refurbishment.
Editorial: What's behind the push for a commercial airport at Whenuapai
We say: What chance does Christopher Luxon's second airport push have?
Battle of Whenuapai: Analyst weighs options as more shots fired
An analyst weighs up merits as lobby group says Auckland Airport passengers are losing out
Flight check: Auckland to Norfolk Island with Air Chathams
Bethany Rolston flies on Air Chathams' inaugural service from Auckland to Norfolk Island.
Flight check: Auckland to Perth with Air NZ
Patrick McKendry flies aboard Air New Zealand's flight NZ175, from Auckland to Perth.
Whenuapai plan: Luxon should heed Key's warning it's 'foolish'
Air base stance could complicate Luxon's political ambitions, local politician claims.
15 March 'front of mind' in regional air security review
Terror incidents being cited as reason to review the country's lax regional air security.
Flight check: Auckland to Denpasar with Emirates
Helen Van Berkel flies aboard Emirates EK450 from Auckland to Denpasar, Indonesia.
Flight check: Sapporo to Tokyo Haneda on Air Do
Denise Stephens flies from Sapporo to Tokyo Haneda on Air Do ADO020.
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