NZ passengers trying to fly to Europe are expected to be stranded here for at least two weeks.

UK airspace will remain closed until tomorrow morning, a shutdown which is costing the air industry an estimated $282 million a day.

The Governor-General has been forced to cancel plans to attend the late Polish President's funeral.

A security worker at London's Heathrow Airport faces disciplinary action over claims he ogled a female colleague using a full-body scanner.

Travellers have voted Auckland International Airport one of the world's best in the annual Skytrax World Airport awards.

Emergency services were scrambled after an Air New Zealand flight from Sydney carrying 99 passengers and eight crew was diverted to land at Auckland late last night.

Australia will tighten its borders with intense biometric scrutiny of travellers from high-risk countries.

Privacy concerns over a new airport passenger scanning system have been heightened after airport staff copied x-rays of an international film star.