American Airlines and Qantas say their expanded alliance across the Pacific will directly benefit New Zealand passengers and they expect more competitive air fares across the Pacific.

Aviation experts have expressed bafflement at the cause of the plane crash in which three members of the Bin Laden family and their Jordanian pilot were killed.

Malaysian officials said they are finally close to "solving the mystery" of MH370.

Authorities are increasingly confident the plane wreckage found on an Indian Ocean island is from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Four people, including Bin Laden's stepmother and sister according to reports, have been killed when a private jet owned by Osama Bin Laden's family crashed.

Investigators examining a piece of debris suspected to belong to missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been forced to flee the site.

Beach cleaner Johnny Begue Googled "plane disasters" after finding "a weird thing on the shore".

The Dreamliner has been scheduled to fly Melbourne-Auckland and Auckland-Sydney every Monday for seven weeks.

Few mysteries have inspired such heated debate as the disappearance of Malaysian airliner MH370, its 12 crew and 227 passengers.

Virgin Australia has narrowed its full-year loss but will still have an impact on major shareholder Air New Zealand.

China Southern passengers were stuck for hours on the tarmac at Auckland Airport on the weekend, after a mechanical fault.

Amazon is creating a blueprint for an air-traffic system and the necessary technology is rapidly developing.

An airline has been slapped with a fine after allowing a passenger to fly to New Zealand without approval from Immigration New Zealand.

Considering the hype around unmanned aircraft Herald readers may not have been surprised to read about a courier company delivering car parts across the skies of Auckland in this way, writes Steve Moore.

Delta Air Lines is offering customers the opportunity to flag their commercial flight and instead board a private jet.

A heavyweight travel industry coalition is calling for the Government to rethink its proposed border tax.

Macquarie says Jetstar will have a big fight on its hands to make money from its planned new regional operations.

Security firm denies responsibility for loss of bag filled with New Zealand bills at Hong Kong airport.

Things are booming at Auckland Airport, with visitors from China and the US up more than 20 per cent last month.

One travel industry leader says if operators are too busy worrying about disrupters in the market they probably won't survive.

Lockheed Martin, the world's largest weapons maker, will buy Black Hawk manufacturer Sikorsky in a $9b deal.

Iran's nuclear deal will allow the republic will to replace hundreds of museum-era jets frozen in time by economic sanctions.

Passengers on a Wellington to Sydney flight took a terrifying mid-air plunge that knocked the aircraft off its axis as it flew in to land.

Queenstown Airport has been forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on patching its runway after damage by heavy aircraft.

A global airline organisation says the looming travel tax could cost jobs and is a breach of aviation principles.

Australian consumer advocacy group Choice is on board to campaign against Jetstar’s “opt-out” booking service.

A tourism leader has branded the Government's new travel tax as ludicrous and hypocrisy.

Qantas and American Airlines have been granted an okay to introduce more services between Australia and the US.

Airways is looking a new space-based air traffic control system that would supersede radar.