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.

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

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.

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.

Air NZ is the sole voice protesting against Qantas and American Airlines' application for a co-ordinated increase in flights.

Air NZ's been given a credit upgrade and says it'll keep sponsoring the All Blacks for the next five years.

A new duty-free operator at Auckland International Airport is promising a little less of the hard sell that annoyed travellers.

Airwork will spend between $95 million and $105 million on expanding its Boeing 737 fleet during the next year.

The US Export-Import Bank is set to expire, eliminating finance for aircraft orders from Boeing's overseas customers.