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Computer glitch causes airport chaos
Dozens of flights have been cancelled in Britain and many others delayed after a computer failure at the headquarters of air traffic control company Nats.
Dozens of flights have been cancelled in Britain and many others delayed after a computer failure at the headquarters of air traffic control company Nats.
Qantas' spate of incidents is "unusual" but there's no evidence of slipping safety standards, an aviation expert says.
A fourth Qantas plane has been forced to turn back mid-flight, marking a second day of trouble for the airline - but its boss says "it happens all the time".
Motorists bound for the airport will need to plan for delays as Auckland's Southwestern Motorway will be closed for works.
Racially charged protests in Ferguson are fuelling an exponential increase in gun sales among mainly white customers at one of the premier shooting ranges in the United States.
Phillip John Smith used his time behind bars to gain university qualifications and run a business - making the money he used to flee New Zealand.
Aviation Security staff are on heightened alert following the raised terror threat level and on the lookout for a range of new risks.
Millions of departing travellers could be spared the chore filling in departure cards following work done by Customs and Statistics New Zealand.
London's Heathrow airport says airlines are using more giant wide-body super jumbos to escape the constraints of capacity curbs.
Thousands of NZers travelling to Australia could have "biometric data" such as facial recognition data, iris scans and fingerprints stored and shared.
Worldwide passenger traffic through airports has risen close to 5 per cent to more than six billion with Atlanta still the world's busiest.
Air New Zealand celebrated its third consecutive year of strong earnings yesterday by declaring a special 10c per share dividend and painting a positive outlook for the year ahead.
An airport kiosk avatar that can tell how stressed passengers are at check-in and talk them through the process is being developed in Auckland.
Pressure is building to make travel easier between Australia and New Zealand, a move that could help fill a million empty seats each year on flights across the Tasman.
International airlines flew more than 1000 at-risk or ineligible people into New Zealand in a year, Immigration New Zealand figures reveal.
Fear of Ebola and global instability have helped boost interest in corporate jet travel.
A deleted social media post by a separatist militia leader has led to accusations that pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine are to blame for the Malaysia Airlines crash.
Air NZ's Dreamliner will need modifications to equipment including the "last line of defence" that provides back-up power in the remote event of a dual engine failure.
Emirates is about to put its 50th Airbus A380 into service and plans to almost double its fleet of the super jumbo within the next three years.
Demand for pilots is heating up in the Asia-Pacific region as new aircraft are added to fleets and ageing pilots retire.
Qantas is cutting 167 jobs from its engineering division as part of the embattled airline's ongoing turnaround plan.
"The planes are so noisy they wake us up most nights now." Residents say proposed improvements to a short-cut flight path don't go far enough.
United States authorities fear a new threat to planes from terrorists with explosives that evade detection and have tightened security.
Passengers on board an Air New Zealand plane bound for Tonga that hit birds just before take off from Auckland today are full of praise for the pilots and crew on board.
Singapore's Changi Airport will slash fees from next month as airline customers face a tough operating environment and the hub faces increased competition from the Middle East.