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.

The strategic alliance between Air NZ and Singapore Airlines has been approved and will result in 100,000 extra seats a year on the Auckland-Singapore route.

An Air New Zealand passenger who was left stranded in Hawaii last week says he is surprised the airline hasn't made more recommendations, after an investigation into the incident.

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.

A different kind of detector dog is set to be introduced near airports soon that will hunt out snakes, birds and other reptiles that may find their way into the country.

Aircraft will have to fly higher and faster over some Auckland suburbs in a new flight path to Auckland Airport after residents complained the noise had become intolerable.

A woman had her expensive cosmetics binned in front of her at the airport without an explanation - despite the goods being under the 100ml carry-on limit.

An Air New Zealand flight was delayed after a woman walked on to the plane without a ticket.

Aviation website privatefly.com has named its top 10 scenic airports at which to land. Our very own winter wonderland Queenstown gets a mention.

As much as airports and airlines like to talk about improving passengers' lot, they rarely deliver.

A new mini-terminal has been opened in Queenstown to handle an increase in the number of private jets coming to the resort town.

How do you load a plane quicker? New research suggests a lengthy airport gate queues could be slashed by seating passengers according to their hand luggage.

The days of bulk-buying cigarettes at the border are over after the Govt revealed its latest anti-smoking policy would cut the duty-free allowance.

A drunk passenger who tried to force his way into the cockpit of a Virgin Australia flight caused a hijacking scare.