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Jetstar takes delivery of its first Boeing 787 aircraft today for use initially on Australian domestic routes and later on international routes from New Zealand.

The prospect of direct Emirates flights between Auckland and Dubai - which would become one of the world's longest commercial aviation routes.

NZ's aviation experts are closely watching American moves to allow electronic devices to be used on planes during take-off and landing.

Air New Zealand's plan to boost its stake in Virgin Australia is a smart, strategic move that will protect and strengthen its transtasman alliance with the Aussie airline.

The search for missing alcohol baron Michael Erceg stretched on for weeks back in 2005.

The introduction of an Airbus A380 aircraft on Emirates' daily Dubai-Brisbane-Auckland route will boost annual capacity on the service by 100,000 seats.

A family who saved for two years for a holiday to Rarotonga had their plans thrown into disarray when a pilot called in sick and the flight was cancelled.

An elderly woman who stopped breathing for about five minutes on a transtasman flight was just seconds from death when an Auckland doctor revived her.

Air NZ and unions which represent its staff have been reprimanded by a judge for failing to attend mediation for a dispute over collective agreements.

A new twin-engined air force helicopter will need all its rotors repaired or replaced, at a cost of millions of dollars, after being hit by lightning.

Air New Zealand shares surged nearly 4 per cent yesterday as it announced it was extending its share buyback scheme for another year.

New Fiji Airways chief executive Stefan Pichler has worked his way around the world after catching the travel bug when he was a professional marathon runner.

Forecast airline profits around the world have been revised down as a result of the oil price spike stemming from the Syrian crisis.

A test pilot who flew the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on its maiden flight today said it went according to plan.

Virgin Australia has launched wireless inflight entertainment on its transtasman flights for smartphones, laptops or tablets.

The Government is still working through the best way to sell down its stake in Air New Zealand but says it will be a faster sales process than the power companies.

Triple revenue? Double profits? Or your hearing and sanity?

Airwork NZ is expanding into Europe, buying 14 rescue helicopters used by a German motoring organisation.

Demand for airline pilots is growing around the world with half a million vacancies opening up in the next 20 years and shortages most acute in the Asia Pacific region.

Air New Zealand has received approval to lift its stake in airline Virgin Australia to nearly 26 per cent.

Emirates has increased fuel consumption across its fast-growing fleet by almost 16 per cent over the past year, but says its efficiency per passenger is improving and is now markedly better than the industry average.

The actions of an engineer who'd checked the engine of an Air NZ 747 after it caught fire on approach to San Francisco were not inappropriate, an investigation finds.

Air NZ has announced a major shake-up of its regional services, including an end to all Wairarapa services, fewer flights from Wanganui and a boost to its Rotorua services.

Australian competition regulators are imposing strict conditions on the extension of Air New Zealand's transtasman alliance with Virgin Australia.