A strike by government workers at Tahiti's international airport has grounded flights in and out of the island nation.

Two pilots used their airside security passes to sneak onto Queenstown Airport runway in the middle of the night to race a car.

Direct flights from Auckland to Houston as often as five times a week are being planned from November 2011.

Five of the tour group, and their tour leader, reached the arrivals hall but the sixth was subjected to a search that Customs said led to the discovery of $6m of pure meth.

Air New Zealand flights to and from London are operating as normal again, after restrictions due to volcanic ash were lifted overnight.

Ruben van Assouw joins a list of more than a dozen known examples of sole survivors from air disasters.

The Netherlands has gone into mourning over the deaths of at least 61 Dutch citizens among the 104 people on a plane that crashed in Libya.

Some items on sale at Auckland Airport cost more than double their price at the nearby shopping Centre.

Corporal Apiata, who had been serving with the SAS in Afghanistan, touched down at Auckland International Airport at 5.15am yesterday.

The first flight back from London after disruptions from volcanic ash has landed at Auckland airport.

Stake holdings in Auckland Airport suppress value and opportunity, says Alasdair Thompson.

Air NZ is bearing the brunt of financial losses caused by the the Iceland volcano disruption, an expert says.

The eruption is unlikely to have inflicted significant financial pain on Air NZ, analysts say.