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.

Holiday travellers have had their plans disrupted after a Jetstar IT glitch delayed transtasman flights for up to an hour and a half today.

The family of a British student who died on MH17 has revealed there are still 700 fragments of human remains to be identified in the Netherlands.

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

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.

Air New Zealand says it will soon be flying direct to Argentina - something made more viable by a recent drop in jet fuel prices.

Qantas' spate of incidents is "unusual" but there's no evidence of slipping safety standards, an aviation expert says.

Boeing and South African Airways are working on making aviation biofuel out of nicotine-free tobacco.

A Hawke's Bay pilot who illegally carried passengers has admitted causing a catastrophic plane crash - and says his flying days are over.

A fourth Qantas plane has been forced to turn back mid-flight, marking a second day of trouble for the airline - but its boss says "it happens all the time".

A Korean Air executive reportedly yelled at a flight attendant and had her removed from the plane because she wasn't served nuts properly, delaying the flight.

It was a bad day for Qantas. The airline was hit by a barrage of problems yesterday, with incidents on three flights forcing unplanned landings.

Air New Zealand will buy two more Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and is looking at new places to fly.

Qantas engineers are examining an A380 jet that was forced to make an emergency landing in Perth.

Troubled Malaysia Airlines has picked the head of Irish flag carrier Aer Lingusas its future chief executive as the airline recovers from two disasters this year.