Airports around the country are actively courting Jetstar in the hope it will fly to the regions and increase competition.

Jetstar has cancelled hundreds of domestic flights because of sagging demand on main trunk routes over May and June.

Qantas has unveiled its new uniform for 12,600 of its staff at a fashion parade featuring supermodel Miranda Kerr.

Jetstar says it is looking at expanding its domestic network to regional centres, prompting Air New Zealand to say it will staunchly defend a stronghold of the airline.

Air New Zealand's exposure in China will be boosted in a leading Chinese reality show You Are The One.

Our national carrier is working hard to get us noticed in China, writes Alexander Speirs.

The heavier a plane is, the more av-gas is needed to fuel it.

A big upgrade of Auckland International Airport's entranceway on George Bolt Memorial Drive has started and 9m high mounds of earth will soon be developed to create a dramatic gateway.

Budget airline Jetstar is working on an image change, with the airlinesaying it will modify its pitch beyond just price.

The United States has flown highly sophisticated Global Hawk drones through New Zealand airspace, official papers reveal.

Some might say Bertrand Piccard has adventurer in his genes. His father, Jacques, was one of the first people to explore the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the world's oceans.

Singapore Airlines is cutting some routes and continues to trim costs but says it remains committed to New Zealand.

The Pacific Blue pilot convicted of a careless Queenstown takeoff is to meet his employer next week to discuss his flying future.

The Civil Aviation Authority has been told it needs to keep better records on flight training incidents after an investigation found insufficient evidence to link an increase in fatalities to a decline in training safety.

Editorial: All airlines should dwell on Judge Phillips' concerns about the pressure on pilots. Safety rules are not there to be bent at a whim. Trust in airline pilots will soon dwindle if they are.

An alliance between Qantas and Emirates has been given the green light by Australian regulators but part of the deal still needs approval in this country.

Air New Zealand has announced it will be getting rid of standby fares and says the move is driven by customer demand.

An aviation commentator has hit back at a judge's criticisms of the pressure put on pilots during yesterday's sentencing of a Pacific Blue pilot.

A pilot accused of booze-fuelled antics at a Sydney hotel and supplying a colleague with drugs during a spa pool party was rightly sacked, a court has ruled.

A judge who sentenced a Pacific Blue pilot for his careless Queenstown take-off has raised concerns about industry pressure to keep passenger aircraft "off the ground".

Boeing's 787 fleet is a step closer to getting back in the air after a test flight that went "according to plan".

A pilot who operated a commercial passenger jet in a careless manner in Queenstown has been fined $5100 and must do extensive retraining.

Alexia Santamaria joins Mt Maunganui's magnificent men in their flying machines.