A group of more than 200 top Chinese travel agents have arrived in Auckland on a double-decker Airbus A380 plane.

Airlines globally are going to rake in close to $44 billion in extra charges on top of ticket prices this year.

A first-time Jetstar customer says he will never book with the airline again after a lengthy ordeal over flights to Melbourne.

Three airmen killed in an Anzac Day helicopter crash were on a one-hour flight because it was considered too expensive to accommodate them in a hotel.

Helicopter wreckage spotted by sightseers in remote Fiordland yesterday is believed to be the remnants of a craft that went missing in 2004 with two people on board.

Neighbours to discuss rich lister plans for landing pad and flight path in quiet bay.

Tourism agency welcomes proposed Qantas-Emirates deal as competition for Air New Zealand.

The 38-year-old Italian man who died in a skydiving accident while filming a tandem jump in Wanaka yesterday has been named.

An Italian man is dead after his parachute failed to open on a skydiving flight and he crashed to his death in front of a horrified Wanaka man.

A skydiver has been killed near Wanaka today after falling to his death near the town's airport and landing in a local golf course.

A New Zealander says "two or three metre flames" were coming from the engine of an Emirates A380 flight which had an engine explode mid-flight last night.

A consumer advocate is warning of a carry-on baggage crackdown as the battle between airlines for budget-conscious customers continues.

Air New Zealand is pulling out of its Hong Kong to London service from March next year, a move that is expected to shed around 70 London-based jobs.