Millions of departing travellers could be spared the chore filling in departure cards following work done by Customs and Statistics New Zealand.

A Kiwi air traveller wrestled with a crazed passenger who tried to force open an emergency aircraft door mid-flight between Vietnam and Australia.

A man trying to make a dramatic mid-air exit from a Vietnam Airlines craft had to be restrained by passengers, including a Kiwi man on board.

A top Malaysia Airlines executive who is in NZ this week is urging relatives of those lost aboard MH370 to be patient as the carrier works to pay compensation.

Kiwis on waiting lists for commercial space flights remain determined would-be astronauts, although one admits to losing some confidence in Virgin Galactic's programme.

Two people were seriously injured after a light plane crashed yesterday afternoon.

London's Heathrow airport says airlines are using more giant wide-body super jumbos to escape the constraints of capacity curbs.

Air NZ will send its third and final flight to Mt Erebus this month - upsetting family members who have missed out.

Captain Ann Barbarich had just landed Dreamliner plane full of passengers at an Australian airport when she suffered an medical emergency.

An Australian man suffering 'probably the worst hangover of his life' appeared in court after he was kicked off a flight and charged with threatening to kill.

When an Auckland midwife turned up to the airport 19 minutes before her flight and was told she could not check in she said: "I'm going to cause a ruckus".

Air NZ is ripping the interiors out of eight of its widebody Boeing 777-200s and refitting them in a $100m project.

Travel Editor Winston Aldworth checks out the creature comforts aboard the airline's newest addition to the local fleet.

Singapore Airlines' Airbus A380 superjumbo has landed at Auckland Airport twenty minutes ahead of schedule as it starts a five-month summer service. The airline hopes the service will become year round, depending on demand.

Martin Aircraft is looking to raise A$25m in an ASX listing to fund plans which it says would make it the world's first commercial jetpack manufacturer.

Singapore Airlines' Airbus A380 superjumbo has landed at Auckland Airport twenty minutes ahead of schedule as it starts a five-month summer service.

New Zealand-founded LanzaTech's quest to commercialise its biofuel has taken another step with one of the world's biggest banks.

An Air New Zealand flight to Hawaii has been forced to return to Auckland this afternoon.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.