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Queenstown welcome mat out for rich-list jets
A new mini-terminal has been opened in Queenstown to handle an increase in the number of private jets coming to the resort town.

Flight 370: Widow's fight
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

Would real-time tracking have helped?
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.

Q'town night flight - or night fright?
Airlines have welcomed the prospect of flying into Queenstown after dark now the resort's airport has safety clearance for night flights.

Queenstown gets night flights
Air safety authorities have given the green light for after-dark flights at Queenstown Airport.

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

Panel to review all MH370 search data
An international panel of experts will re-examine all data gathered in the nearly two-month hunt for the missing Malaysian jet.

Flight grounded by bomb threat
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.

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

When grief gets no respite
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.

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

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

Toilet quest blamed for hijack scare
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.

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

Debris link to missing jet ruled out
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau ruled out any link between material found on a beach in southwestern Australia and the missing Malaysia Airlines jet.

More advanced sonar next phase in jet hunt
PM Tony Abbott has reaffirmed Australia's pledge to do everything possible to find the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, as authorities prepare for the next phase of the search.

Experts doubt plane stowaway's story
'Hoax, miracle, or we're going to have to rewrite the textbooks.' Experts have cast doubt on teen's claim to have stowed away in a plane wheel for a 5 hour flight.

Cathay cooks 31.7m meals
Cathay Pacific's catering operations at Chep Lap Kok in Hong Kong last year produced 31.7 million meals for 41 international airlines.

Air NZ, Singapore alliance closer
The planned strategic alliance between Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines has taken an important step with Singaporean authorities giving it approval.

Cebu Pacific considers NZ route
Philippines low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific is eyeing New Zealand as a possible destination following a new air service agreement between the two countries.

Air NZ deal nearly off ground
The proposed codeshare between Air NZ and Singapore Airlines has been given the all clear from Competition Commission Singapore.

Stowaway survives flight in wheel well
A 16-year-old boy stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii, surviving the trip unharmed despite frigid temperatures and a lack of oxygen

Finishing up with a bang
An air force C-130 Hercules produced a spectacular finale to Warbirds over Wanaka as it dropped flares in the sky - a strategy effective against heat-seeking missiles.

Meet the man leading the MH370 hunt
The task has been described as impossible and only a week ago the world's media were mournfully saying the wreckage of the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 "may never be found".

Teen's Twitter terror 'joke' backfires
A 14-year-old Dutch girl who sent a terror threat to American Airlines as a Twitter “joke” has been arrested by police in Rotterdam.