Emirates has announced that an Airbus A380 super-jumbo will be used on the airline's first direct services between Dubai and Auckland as a one-off special.

Kiwi flight attendant Kaytlin Motion describes her job on the ultra long haul service between Dubai and Auckland.

Emirates reveals how technology will save as much time as possible on the longest duration flight between Auckland and Dubai.

Strong Kiwi demand for Emirates First Class, where private suites include showers and $500 bottles of Dom Perignon.

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Airlines are flocking to New Zealand and piling on new capacity to serve a travel boom in what's being called a new golden age in air travel.

Emirates has changed the aviation game in New Zealand by announcing it will fly to Dubai without stopping in Australia.

Ultra-longhaul flight will take 17 hours.

Emirates unveils new Airbus A380 with a record 615 seats after ripping out first class to pack in more passengers.

Emirates Aviation University and Airways New Zealand have opened a purpose-built air traffic control training facility in Dubai.

Competition for new flight attendants is heating up with Emirates on a recruiting drive in New Zealand.

This Emirates corporate video features Performance Standards Purser Don Godamune's journey of his career as cabin crew with Emirates as the airline crosses the 20,000 cabin crew milestone. Supplied by Emirates.

Emirates Airline has topped two customer surveys in the last week including the Roy Morgan Research award as the best international airline for customer satisfaction in New Zealand for the third year....

An Emirates-commissioned study of the airline's contribution to Europe finds it has contributed 6.8 billion ($10 billion) of the EU's gross domestic product and spends 175 million on sponsorships....

Emirates is spending millions of dollars to retrofit its fleet to provide free wi-fi for passengers.

Emirates has unveiled details of its more than half a billion dollar "liquor investment" programme.

A call by the chief of Emirates for a global summit of carriers to tackle new threats to planes has been met with a muted response from the body representing airlines.