Russia's ruble was tanking on Tuesday faster than journalists could type, hitting levels against the dollar that were unimaginable even a week ago.

Investigators searching for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 say they could finish scouring the priority zone by May, more than a year after it vanished.

Investigators seeking the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean are widening their search area to cover the chance the aircraft fell from the sky at a shallower angle than expected.

Troubled Malaysia Airlines has picked the head of Irish flag carrier Aer Lingusas its future chief executive as the airline recovers from two disasters this year.

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.

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 has lambasted a New Zealander who wrote a book suggesting the pilot of MH370 committed murder-suicide.

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.

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.

More than $41,000 has been stolen from the accounts of four passengers aboard the doomed MH370 flight.

The Otaki man who was killed when his Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down over the Ukraine has been formally identified.

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.