Passengers who upgrade to business class for flights out of London will have to fork out an extra $160 under a new tax.

Air New Zealand said today it would spend up to $340 million on 12 new ATR72-600 aircraft for its regional fleet.

A plane with 38 people on board had to conduct an emergency landing in Christchurch this morning after it was feared its landing gear had malfunctioned.

Local bio-fuels company Lanzatech is accelerating its path into the aviation fuel market by partnering with a Swedish company to convert ethanol to aviation bio-fuel for Virgin Atlantic and Boeing.

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

Getting on a plane, muses Him Eagles, is almost always inefficient and frustrating.

The most dysfunctional business relationship in aviation took another bizarre turn yesterday, writes The Independent's Simon Calder.

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