Jetstar says it will investigate who defaced a passenger's luggage in transit, using stickers to spell out "I am gay" on his suitcase.

The Alitalia board on Friday approved a 300 million euro ($400 million) capital increase as part of a rescue plan for the struggling flagship airline.

Qantas is rolling out a near life-size replica of Mars rover Curiosity around New Zealand to promote its frequent flyer programme.

'It was a controlled crash,' said John Wildey after he managed to land a plane following the collapse of the pilot, who later died.

The airline battle over flying to Hawaii is stepping up with Air New Zealand adding more flights to the increasingly popular holiday destination.

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.

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.

Jetstar says its back to basics approach is paying dividends with a strong lift in on-time performance this year.

Vulnerable air links have been identified as a potential barrier to developing New Zealand's $23.4 billion tourism industry.

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 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 New Zealand company is getting ready to send the first of its world-leading jetpacks out the door.

Air New Zealand could have scope to drop fares on long-haul routes to fend off competition when its fuel-efficient Boeing 787 Dreamliners come into service.

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.

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