Wellington Airport is going back to the drawing board to set new landing charges but the group representing airlines is worried they will skyrocket.

The aviation community is angry Air New Zealand is looking offshore for its pilots.

Emirates president Tim Clark says airline alliances have to change or die.

Emirates and Qantas will unveil further details of their partnership across the Tasman at the official launch of the arrangement in Auckland tomorrow.

Tired and frustrated domestic air travellers were stuck at Auckland Airport yesterday for up to six hours after thick fog grounded flights.

Air travellers face significant delays due to thick fog halting domestic flights at Auckland airport today.

China Southern Airlines is set to be the first carrier to fly a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on scheduled services to New Zealand when it increases flights to Auckland over summer.

Two celebrity travellers were allowed to have their French bulldogs keep them company on an Air New Zealand flight because they were providing a "psychiatric service''.

A Christchurch headmaster who was caught up in the San Francisco air crash drama initially thought it was a terrorist attack.

Air Tahiti Nui will boost its Auckland to Tahiti and Los Angeles flights as part of a global overhaul.

Two canine travellers caused a stir on a 10-hour international flight after Air New Zealand let the French bulldogs sit at the feet of their celebrity owners.

An expert in product harm says the public feels the need to quickly apportion responsibility for plane accidents.

The organisation representing most of the world's airlines is urging all countries to join up to international safety standards.

Nearly 110 years on from Canterbury farmer Richard Pearse's attempts at flight, Kelston's Ivan Mudrovcich will be sending a replica Pearse skywards.

Flight 441 left Whenuapai Airport at 8.21am on Wednesday, July 3, 1963, for a 40-minute flight to Tauranga.

A new airline information system being launched by the International Air Transport Association should result in passengers being given a wider range of choices when they book tickets.

Passengers are suffering because New Zealand's "light-handed" regulation allows airports and Airways NZ to push up fees.

In steamy South Carolina, Boeing is cooking up a big part of the future of air travel.

Boeing is ramping up production at its new plant in South Carolina - the first place it has made commercial planes outside of its base in Washington state.

The battle to sell wide-body jets has stepped up with both Boeing and Airbus claiming success from the Paris Air Show.

A pilot faces a careless-flying charge after a foggy Hawke's Bay Airport takeoff in conditions a prosecutor says weren't within "a country mile" of those under which he would have been allowed to fly.