Flyers are enthusiastic about more regional competition and almost 70% of them have driven to other cities to get cheaper fares, according to a survey.

Airbus has appointed Iain Grant to replace Isabelle Floret as vice president for the Pacific.

Qantas has joined rival Virgin Australia in adding more flights to New Zealand over summer.

The airline said its extra services would include between Melbourne and Christchurch and Brisbane and Auckland.

Property tycoon and former politician has reportedly bought his own private jet just months after being escorted off an Air New Zealand flight.

When he's not singing for Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson is a commercial pilot, qualified to fly Boeing 757s and 737s.

Two of Auckland Airport's highest ranking execs are leaving the company after a strategic review, which included pay levels.

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.

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.

Aviation expert Xavier Tytelman's post on the washed-up wreckage has offered new clues at to what happened to Mh370.

More than 1300 at-risk or ineligible passengers flew to New Zealand in the past financial year, Immigration New Zealand figures reveal.

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.

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.

It's not all sweetness and light, but Air NZ's new industrial relations strategy is replacing decades of distrust, reports Grant Bradley.

Andrew Potter jumps aboard Sounds Air flight S8903.

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.