More airlines are getting rid of their first-class service with only a few carriers able to sustain top-end cabins, says a report.

Today we look at 10 bizarre items confiscated by airport security around the world - from a live chameleon to a dead body.

A woman had her expensive cosmetics binned in front of her at the airport without an explanation - despite the goods being under the 100ml carry-on limit.

It was only a year ago that he gave up his wings as a Royal Air Force rescue pilot, but it appears the lure of the skies may be just too tempting for Prince William to resist.

Sir Peter Jackson has pimped out his new $80m G650 Gulfstream jet with luxury equipment - and the wealthy are lining up to hire it.

The family of MH370 pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah have spoken for the first time in a bid to clear up "untrue" rumours about his involvement in the disappearance.

Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand will extend a $20 million marketing partnership to promote the country in important markets over the next year.

Ryanair is forecasting a return to growth this year after the first profit decline in five years.

Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand will extend a $20 million marketing partnership to promote the country in key overseas markets.

As much as airports and airlines like to talk about improving passengers' lot, they rarely deliver.

Air New Zealand says it is assessing the viability of new routes to Pacific Rim destinations but has "no current plans" to fly to Denver.

Boeing will sell 50 737 aircraft worth at least $3.8 billion to a low-cost carrier, as a loosening of Chinese government controls on low-cost travel stokes demand expectations.

A new mini-terminal has been opened in Queenstown to handle an increase in the number of private jets coming to the resort town.

The wife of a New Zealander missing on Malaysia Airlines MH370 is spearheading a new victims' group pushing authorities to "share and release" information about the ill-fated flight

The introduction of constant tracking of commercial aircraft during the whole journey of missing flight MH370 has been raised by Malaysian authorities in a preliminary report.

Union Pacific, the railroad created with a stroke of Abraham Lincoln's pen, is now tinkering with the next wave of transportation technology: drones.

Sky high luxury - Etihad "Guest Ambassador", Dannii Minogue takes a tour of The Residence, which the airline describes as the only three-room suite in the sky - featuring a living room, separate bedroom and ensuite bathroom with shower.

Auckland residents complaining that aircraft noise over their homes has become intolerable are thanking an anonymous benefactor for contributing thousands to their cause.

An international panel of experts will re-examine all data gathered in the nearly two-month hunt for the missing Malaysian jet.

A woman who missed her Auckland to Napier flight caused the plane to turn back when she claimed to have a bomb, it is alleged.

A grandmother has been awarded compensation after a botched tummy tuck operation caused her belly button to ‘explode’ on a plane.

Mr Monk, whose son Michael was among the 29 miners killed in the Pike River explosion, was reflecting on the agony expressed by Danica Weeks over the fate of her husband Paul, a passenger on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

A 57-year-old woman has been arrested over an incident regarding an Air New Zealand flight today from Auckland to Napier.

Paul Weeks will be honoured with a military service medal at a memorial service in Christchurch, his family has been told.

A Queensland man who sparked a hijack scare at Bali airport on Friday has denied he was drunk and claimed he believed the cockpit door was the entrance to the aircraft's toilet.

A Norwegian Air Shuttle flight has made an emergency landing, after a passenger made a bomb threat.