A top Malaysia Airlines executive who is in NZ this week is urging relatives of those lost aboard MH370 to be patient as the carrier works to pay compensation.

Malaysia Airlines says a compensation offer of US$50,000 to the families of MH370 victims is only "part of" the final payment it intends to make.

The widow of Kiwi MH370 victim Paul Weeks has rejected a compensation offer of $64,000 from Malaysia Airlines.

A top airline boss has voiced doubts about the search for doomed airliner MH370 and said the plane may not even be in the southern Indian Ocean.

The sonar search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight is about to resume, with a Malaysian ship the first to begin scouring the Indian Ocean for MH370.

After months of tragedies and setbacks, Malaysia's tourism arm is hoping Malaysian culture, food, and cheap airfares will pull Kiwi travellers back.

They chatted over Facebook, he boarded a flight, and then he was gone forever. Now MH17 victim Robert Ayley's wife, Sharlene, has spoken for the first time.

Images show for the first time a dramatic underwater landscape with mountains higher than Mont Blanc and ridges deeper than the Grand Canyon - all 4570m below the surface.

Malaysia Airlines crash victim Rob Ayley has finally made it home to New Zealand after his flight was shot down over the Ukraine two months ago.

"Nothing, we see nothing". The transcript of the last moments of MH17 has revealed the frantic search for the jet as air traffic controllers lost contact with the cockpit.

The man leading the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has admitted there are 1000 possible flight paths it could've taken before crashing.

A Malaysia Airlines promotion aimed at Kiwis and titled "My Ultimate Bucket List" is atrocious, says MH370 widow Danica Weeks.

Analysis of two satellite calls staff made to MH370 suggests the plane turned earlier than originally thought - and the search area is set to change again.

Nearly 200 cabin crew resigned from Malaysia Airlines following its double tragedy this year, causing crew shortages among staff.

The family of a New Zealand-bound passenger killed in the MH17 plane crash has put in a bid for a personalised number plate bearing the flight number.

An underwater search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume off Western Australia in about a month.

International airlines flew more than 1000 at-risk or ineligible people into New Zealand in a year, Immigration New Zealand figures reveal.

Here are some questions and answers on what lies ahead for Malaysia Airlines, in a desperate bid to revive the airline.

Malaysia Airlines will undergo a complete overhaul following the public buyout of the struggling carrier, with all operations, including unprofitable routes, under review.

A man who bought a personalised plate bearing the flight number of downed Malaysia Airlines' jetliner MH17 says his purchase is a "priceless piece of art".

Dutch and Australian experts have gathered more remains from the crash site of Flight MH17 in east Ukraine.

Reports that land mines have been laid near the MH17 crash site in Ukraine are "utterly despicable", Australia's Foreign Minister says.

Imagine a plane is taking off from Heathrow Airport. It crashes on the runway. Do you continue to film the burning aircraft or pan away?

Parents of an MH17 passenger are threatening to sue anyone who suggests, without evidence, that their daughter is dead.

About 200 forensic experts from around the world are identifying the MH17 bodies at a military barracks in a Dutch forest.

Qantas has reassured passengers it's still safe to fly over Iraq, despite network partner Emirates' deciding to steer clear of the conflict-torn nation.

Today's memorial service for Malaysia Airlines victim Rob Ayley will be held at the same church where he regularly played the drums.

A Dutch-led investigation team including 11 Australian police officers has had to abandon a plan to visit the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine due to safety concerns.