Air NZ says uncertainty surrounding the global economic recovery continued to suppress demand for air travel during the past 12 months.

A judge has reserved his decision in the case of a pilot seeking his job back after he was fired for drinking and having sex with a young flight attendant the night before a flight.

A pilot fighting to get his job back after being sacked amid allegations of alcohol and drug abuse worked for Pacific Blue.

The numbers of overseas visitors coming to New Zealand in July was up four per cent on last year bringing visitor arrivals to record levels.

Stuck for a Father's Day present? You surely couldn't go wrong giving Dad his very own Cold War-era jet fighter.

Air New Zealand deals with nearly 4000 people in grief a year, some of whom have shared their tales with the Herald.

In hindsight, airline passengers may well look back on the period between 2007 and 2010 as a golden age for travel in New Zealand.

Jetstar is planning to increase its NZ operations with a selection of new routes, taking advantage of Virgin Blue's departure.

Budget airline Pacific Blue is to stop flying New Zealand domestic routes.

There it is: process, process, process. It is a fundamental requirement of natural justice that a person is entitled to know exactly what is being alleged, by whom, and is afforded a real and fair opportunity to respond.

Frustration is a familiar emotion to passengers who fly often - so just imagine how it afflicts the most frequent flyers of all, the cabin crew.

The death of an Air NZ pilot, found after he went missing on a bush walk last week, is "not suspicious", say Hong Kong police.

The body of an Air New Zealand pilot who went missing a week ago while trekking in rural Hong Kong has been found, police said today.

Steven Slater has become a celebrity in his own right after losing patience with a passenger and making an emergency exit from a plane.

Hong Kong police will continue to look for missing Air NZ pilot until at least tomorrow night despite reports that the search has been scaled back after six days of searching.

A hypersonic passenger jet has entered its second phase of tests, bringing trips of less than five hours between Australasia and Europe closer.

Qantas denies passengers' lost property is given to staff, despite reports that unclaimed items are often auctioned off to airline workers.