Annual visitor arrivals to New Zealand hit the 2.5 million mark last month for the first time, says Statistics NZ. But immigration numbers have been unexpectedly weak.

Boeing and Airbus have racked up billions of dollars worth of aircraft sales at the Farnborough Airshow.

NZ pilot Nikola Labes fought off a passenger as she made a miraculous crash landing on an Australian beach.

Auckland Airport has delayed construction of its new runway for a second time, a move it says will save the company $12m.

Air NZ is denying Australian reports that it poised to buy a stake in rival Virgin Blue.

The flying instructor badly injured in Monday's plane crash near Palmerston North has shown promising signs of recovery.

Budget airline Jetstar says new Australia - Queenstown flights will begin in December.

The flying instructor who survived an air crash has had surgery for bleeding to his brain but doctors hope to bring him out of a coma today.

A former Air Nelson flight attendant says she has no memory of having sex with a senior pilot, who was sacked over the incident and is appealing.

Two men were lucky to survive an air crash that left their plane balanced precariously on the side of a cliff during a delicate three-hour rescue.

Two men are "pretty banged up" after their plane crashed in the Ruahine Ranges this afternoon.

Two men have survived a light plane crash in the Ruahine Ranges and have been taken to Palmerston North Hospital.