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Auckland Airport confirms earnings guidance
Auckland International Airport has confirmed it’s likely to deliver an underlying net profit of between $160m and $170m this financial year,

This is your Hobbit speaking
The cast of The Hobbit star in the latest Air New Zealand safety video, released today.

Super-jumbos head to Akld
Singapore Airlines will start A380 services to Auckland in what is Australia's loss and New Zealand's gain.

Sex complaint pilot gets his job back
A pilot who lost his job after an accusation that he sexually harassed a flight attendant has won a legal battle to be reinstated to his former position.

Mops blamed for plane flood
A 700-litre flood of water that forced a Qantas plane to turn back to Los Angeles mid-flight may have been caused by the mops used to clean the aircraft.

Fatal crash pilots: 'F***, we're dead'
Two of the three pilots on an Air France jumbo were sleeping minutes before it plunged into the sea off Brazil, it was revealed yesterday.

Qantas in overdrive for turnaround
As Qantas prepares to put more flights into New Zealand over summer, international sales boss Stephen Thompson is clear about what needs to be done at the airline as it battles through a painful....

Malaysia Airlines: $50k offer not final
Malaysia Airlines says a compensation offer of US$50,000 to the families of MH370 victims is only "part of" the final payment it intends to make.

Airbus A350 XWB test fleet in formation flight
Airbus’ five A350-900 test aircraft took to the skies for an impressive formation flight on September 29 2014. Video supplied by Airbus.

Airbus could bring millions to Mecca
Established as the world's most glamorous plane with top-end carriers such as Dubai-based Emirates, Airbus sees a new niche for the industry's biggest jetliner.

Chinese airline to begin Auckland-Shanghai services
China Eastern Airlines is to start regular scheduled services to Shanghai from Auckland over summer in a challenge to Air New Zealand.

Air NZ defends regional fares, again
Air New Zealand has again defended what the airline charges on its regional routes, saying profits are falling on its provincial network.

Sonar search for MH370 to resume
The sonar search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight is about to resume, with a Malaysian ship the first to begin scouring the Indian Ocean for MH370.

Graeme Lay: A red alert in these troubled times
Since 9/11, flying has become a tedious ordeal - made even worse if your boarding pass is circled in felt pen.

MH17 widow's pledge to her boys
They chatted over Facebook, he boarded a flight, and then he was gone forever. Now MH17 victim Robert Ayley's wife, Sharlene, has spoken for the first time.

Seabed mapped for MH370
Images show for the first time a dramatic underwater landscape with mountains higher than Mont Blanc and ridges deeper than the Grand Canyon - all 4570m below the surface.

Pilot, child killed in plane collision
Two people were killed when two small planes collided in western New York at an event to introduce children to aviation.

Cocaine smuggled in kite board, golf bag
A Sydney Airport maintenance worker has been charged with smuggling 100 kilograms of cocaine, hidden in a kite board and golf bag.

Sir Peter's vintage warbird dogfight
The vintage-aircraft market was once divided between pilots and aviation museums, but Peter Jackson represents a new breed of collector.

Rare scorpion found in tent at airport
A scorpion has been destroyed after being found inside the tent of a traveller coming back into Auckland from Mexico at Auckland Airport.

Flight late? Voucher promise
Jetstar will give a $25 voucher to every domestic passenger whose flight is more than 10 minutes late for the next eight days.

Air NZ sells corporate jet fitout firm
Air New Zealand has sold its cabin interiors and corporate jet fitout business, saying it has "divested at the right time".

Air NZ sells luxury jet fitout business
Air New Zealand has sold its cabin interiors and corporate jet fitout business to a British-based company for an undisclosed sum.

Kiwis pack bags for several trips away a year
Rebecca Priestley has got the travel bug - so much that she's been overseas four times this year.

How to make a superjumbo
Qatar Airways has taken delivery of its first 517-seat double decker Airbus A380 after a delay of several months.

Malaysia Airlines lambasts NZ author
Malaysia Airlines has lambasted a New Zealander who wrote a book suggesting the pilot of MH370 committed murder-suicide.

Extra US flights may see fares fall
More New Zealanders are set to head to the United States with 56,000 more airline seats next year and predictions fares will fall on increasingly competitive routes across the Pacific.