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![The pitfalls of excessive security](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The pitfalls of excessive security
Airport security precautions are a fact of life these days, but Jim Eagles wonders whether some of the checks haven't become a bit much.
![Tourism NZ slams $356 UK flight tax](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tourism NZ slams $356 UK flight tax
Tourism NZ has slammed a 55 per cent increase in the flight tax tourists from the United Kingdom will have to pay to fly to our shores.
![Govt seeks to lessen impact of rise in UK-NZ flight tax](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Govt seeks to lessen impact of rise in UK-NZ flight tax
A backlash against big spikes in departure tax for people travelling on long-haul flights from Britain has gone global.
![Auckland Airport expects 2011 profit rise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Auckland Airport expects 2011 profit rise
Auckland International Airport says it is expecting net profit in a range from $112 million to $118m for the 2011 financial year, when one-off items are excluded.
![Paris airport could run dry after fuel blockades](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Paris airport could run dry after fuel blockades
France's govt yesterday admitted that the country's biggest airport might run out of fuel, as pension reform protesters blockade refineries.
![Drug mule had 1.4kg of P in his body: Customs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Drug mule had 1.4kg of P in his body: Customs
An Iranian arrested at Auckland Airport was allegedly found with 1.4kg of concealed and swallowed in about 185 small latex "pellets".
![A tower of strength and light](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
A tower of strength and light
Next time you're passing through Christchurch International Airport during the hours of darkness keep an eye out for the control tower.
![Plane crash-lands near Blenheim](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Plane crash-lands near Blenheim
A plane with 46 passengers on board has crash landed at Woodburn airport near Blenheim tonight.