Auckland Airport has introduced its first mobile self-service check-in kiosks to prepare for an anticipated record number of international visitors this summer.

Airbus's troubled A380 "superjumbo" has suffered a fresh blow with the pan-European plane-maker delaying delivery of a dozen of the giant airliners.

Korean Air Lines said it will allow crew members to "readily use stun guns" to manage violent passengers.

The $10 billion spend-up on overseas travel is forecast continue but rising oil prices and slowing house price rises could dent demand.

The latest Chinese airline to fly to Auckland has landed as passenger numbers leap past 18 million a year.

First class passengers on Emirates night flights will be moisturised as they sleep by new pyjamas infused with sea kelp.

Air New Zealand will operate services to a second airport in Tokyo from next year.

Zhejiang Rifa Holding Group said it has acceptances for 59 per cent of Airwork Holdings in its partial takeover of the business.

A plane has made an emergency landing on Papamoa beach.

A passenger onboard an Air New Zealand flight where an elderly man allegedly assaulted a flight attendant said he had to physically restrain the man.

An American YouTuber claims to have pulled off one of the most dangerous airline pranks of all time by smuggling himself into the hold of a plane inside a suitcase.

In an anonymous global survey of 1,848 pilots, more than 12.6 per cent met the criteria for clinical depression.

Egypt says traces of explosives have been found on bodies from the EgyptAir crash in May, which killed all on board. A ministry statement

Auckland Airport chief Adrian Littlewood says they're spending $1m a day on infrastructure, but warns travellers need to allow more time to get to the airport.

Auckland Airport users are increasingly frustrated with the journey to and through the airport and are venting and suggesting solutions to congestion.

Solving the traffic problems around Auckland Airport is a national issue says the Auckland Chamber of Commerce.

Amazon Air has made its first delivery by drone and claimed it dropped off a package in just 13 minutes.

Revelations of traffic chaos at and around Auckland Airport has led to action by authorities to ease congestion in the area.

Power has been fully restored to more than 20,000 homes and businesses in Gisborne tonight, after a 33-hour outage.

The number of New Zealanders flying to South America is soaring as they take advantage of more direct flights out of Auckland.

Southern China Airlines has apologised to passengers whose flight was delayed twice in as many days.

The growth in new air routes is stoking travel by New Zealanders to new destinations, according to a House of Travel survey.

The tight-knit family-owned workplace is today grieving for the loss of two valued colleagues and friends.

The flight, which was delayed for 48 hours, has departed Auckland Airport.

A pilot has dished the dirt on a former colleague who almost flew into the White House and dodged "UFOs" in the sky but somehow managed to avoid losing his job.

Some fares to London aboard one of the world's top airlines have dropped to equal a record low.

A China Southern flight delayed for 48 hours at Auckland Airport is scheduled to depart at 10am today.

A passenger delayed at Auckland Airport for 32 hours on a China Southern airlines flight resorted to flying to Christchurch in order to get out of the country.

Passengers delayed on a China Southern airlines flight for the second day in a row at Auckland Airport are boiling over with frustration.

A Twitter user reminded those who find flying tedious just how incredible it actually is - by live-tweeting a woman's amazement at her first experience of air travel.