Pilot of Virgin transatlantic flight forced to perform an emergency landing on broken landing gear.

Warship sent to take oil sample as air traffic control chief reveals pilot's request came just minutes before plane disappeared.

Airbus has rushed two specialists to Jakarta to assist in the investigation of the disappeared A320 airliner operated by AirAsia, the budget carrier that rose from almost nothing in 2001 to be its biggest customer.

An Indonesian official last night said objects had been spotted in the sea by a search plane hunting for the missing AirAsia jet.

The billionaire CEO of AirAsia has described the disappearance of flight QZ8501 as his "worst nightmare", as the search for the missing plane resumes.

Flight attendant onboard missing AirAsia flight had tweeted a message of support to families of those lost in MH17 disaster just months before his own plane disappeared.

This year began with the aviation industry celebrating a century of passenger flights - it ends with a jet with 162 aboard missing while flying from Indonesia to Singapore.

Air New Zealand's flights to Buenos Aires will be more than a third filled with passengers from Australia, an analysis of the service says.

Woman on board small plane that spluttered and crashed into Raglan harbour yesterday, narrowly avoiding hundreds of holidaymakers.

A light plane plane has crashed into water off Raglan Beach and sunk.

Two jets at New York's LaGuardia Airport have got a little too close for comfort, with one ripping the wingtip off the other.

Legendary Kiwi airman and "genuinely nice guy" Trevor Thomas (TT) Bland will be given a spectacular send-off at Ardmore Airfield today.

A former airline boss claims the US shot down flight MH370 because the military feared it had been taken over by hackers.

A lawyer says an Employment Court ruling allowing two Kiwi airline pilots to continue flying until the age of 65 is ground-breaking.

Four Air New Zealand flight attendants have left the airline under a cloud after a booze-fuelled night.

Jetstar has pumped $25,000 into the Christmas Day lunch annually for three years. Airline staff also help by serving the festive meals.

As part of its 75th anniversary celebration, Air NZ has a special exhibition opening at Te Papa this weekend. Video / Mark Mitchell

A "clear combination of events" led to an air tragedy in which three people died, a coroner says.

New short-cut flight paths over Auckland promising to reduce carbon dioxide emission, burn less fuel and fly more quietly have been confirmed.

Herald aviation correspondent Grant Bradley looks at the trends exciting the plane nerds.

Virgin Atlantic has established a foothold in NZ with the appointment of a sales manager and a push to take more Kiwis to England, including Rugby World Cup fans.

Jetstar is attempting to reshape its image in this country as it moves into its sixth year of flying domestic routes.

Qantas is diverting its planes away from central Sydney to free up space for authorities dealing with the siege in a city cafe.

A pilot who flew his homemade bi-plane into the sea in a deliberate attempt to take his own life was possibly inspired by the missing Malaysian Airline flight MH370, a coroner has found.

A new service from Fiji Airways will allow Wellingtonians to escape twice a week to the tropics from next June.

Investigators searching for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 say they could finish scouring the priority zone by May, more than a year after it vanished.

The British Government has demanded an investigation after a computer failure on Saturday at one of two air traffic control centres caused a major disruption of air traffic.

Over 70 per cent of people have felt anxiety about flying, according to a survey released by All Nippon Airways this week.