The fight over Air New Zealand and two other airlines taking a bigger stake in Virgin Australia is intensifying with the deal now in line for further regulatory scrutiny.

Infratil, the Wellington-based infrastructure investor, has sold its unprofitable Glasgow Prestwick Airport to the Scottish government for 1 British pound (NZ$1.98).

A pilot has been forced to make a hasty landing after colliding with a cow at a rural airstrip this morning.

Among the many things Warren Buffett is famous for is his view that airlines are a lousy investment. Just last May, he was at it again.

Air New Zealand says its group wide yields, after removing foreign exchange impacts, were up by 1.9 per cent in October.

China Southern Airlines is putting on extra Dreamliner flights to Auckland to meet high demand over Chinese New Year.

Market players say they are surprised at the drop in Air New Zealand's share price in the wake of the Government's 20 per cent sell-down.

The world's largest passenger plane will live to fight another day. Airbus's A380 superjumbo got a fresh 50-jet order from Emirates Airline.

Air New Zealand has frequently been a political football for politicians of all stripes.

The Government has made $365 million from selling down its 20 per cent stake in Air New Zealand after pricing the shares at $1.65 a piece.

Auckland aviation business Airwork is being tipped to announce plans to list on the share market tomorrow morning.

Qantas has launched a scathing attack on the stake that Air NZ have built in Virgin Australia. Grant Bradley looks at why it's got the Flying Roo in a such a flap.

Within five seconds, a dot of light that Russian authorities say is a Boeing 737 appears in the sky over the tarmac and plunges to the ground in a near-vertical crash.

Qantas has launched an attack on Air NZ's commercial strategy behind its investment in Virgin - saying it's a foreign bid to destabilise Australian aviation market.

According to the Labour Party leader, David Cunliffe, the timing of the Government's selldown of shares in Air New Zealand is arrogant.

Business editor Liam Dann on why the Air NZ share sale is a very different prospect from the SOE partial privatisations.

A Russian passenger airliner 'hit the runway and burst into flames' near Kazan this morning, killing 50 people - but officials say no children were among the dead.

Opposition parties are warning of higher fares and even a second taxpayer bailout after the Government put another slice of Air NZ on the block.

The world's longest non-stop flight will soon be history, discontinued because "it's no longer worth it".

Growing numbers of private jets are coming to New Zealand, prompting corporate aircraft handlers to build a new terminal in Queenstown.

A New Zealand flight-simulator maker has cracked the United States and Chinese markets.

Air New Zealand says it has no intention of taking Virgin Australia private, a scenario which has been reported in Australia.

Life-saving training for flight nurses is under threat unless a sponsor can be found for mandatory helicopter training.