Auckland International Airport says it is expecting net profit in a range from $112 million to $118m for the 2011 financial year, when one-off items are excluded.

The reality of using space ships as we do passenger jets is merely a few years away.

Two people were hurt when a light plane crashed into a sewage pond at the end of a runway at Thames Aerodrome this morning.

The wreck of the helicopter that crashed, killing two people on Thursday, has been recovered from Bluff Harbour.

The inexplicable blandness of airline food has been pondered at 30,000 feet by generations of travellers.

An inquiry into a fatal mid-air collision has revealed a huge increase in dangerous close calls in the skies - and sparked pleas for change from grieving families.

The manufacturers of the Bombardier say yesterday's Blenheim incident was the third one of its kind worldwide in less than a week.

Eighty people who lost family members in the 1979 Erebus tragedy will travel to Antarctica on a remembrance flight this summer after their names were drawn in a ballot.

A plane with 46 passengers on board has crash landed at Woodburn airport near Blenheim tonight.

TAIC is investigating the standard of pilot training in NZ after a sharp rise in fatalities and near misses involving training aircraft.

A man killed in a microlight aircraft crash at Tauranga Airport has been named. Counselling is being offered to witnesses of the accident.