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Qantas strike off, 'too late' for passengers
Thousands of Qantas passengers are expected to face flight cancellations and delays today, even though a union has called off a nationwide strike.

Jim Eagles: A new practice to take on board
Getting on a plane, muses Him Eagles, is almost always inefficient and frustrating.

EasyJet founder proposes setting up another airline
The most dysfunctional business relationship in aviation took another bizarre turn yesterday, writes The Independent's Simon Calder.

Jim Eagles: Keeping track of your airpoints
One of the problems with airpoints is keeping track of them, writes Jim Eagles.

Mum stands by airport prankster son
Ben Boyce's mum is standing by her celebrity son, who is facing a possible jail term after his airport prank for his TV show. "I'm very proud of Ben and I love him dearly but sometimes things happen," Jenni Berthold said.

Police talk to TV3 over 'pilot' stunt
A man who attempted to access a restricted area of Auckland Airport by dressing in a fake pilots' uniform was carrying out a stunt for television show Wannaben, reports say. It is understood the imposter was not comedian Ben Boyce h

Gerard Depardieu labels peeing on plane 'beautiful'
Gerard Depardieu says urinating in his seat on an airplane was "beautiful".

The night Flight 901 went down: Paul Holmes' new book
On November 28, 1979 an Air New Zealand DC-10 on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica crashed into Mt Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. In his book Daughters of Erebus, Paul Holmes reveals how the news unfolded for the family of pilot Jim Collins.