Today (April 10) marks the 50th anniversary of Qantas' jet service to New Zealand. This supplied video shows an old TV advertisement urging travellers to fly to New Zealand.

"Feels like home" may be Qantas' latest advertising slogan, but it doesn't apply to the airline's lounges, where a "smart-casual" dress code means a ban on jandals.

Qantas will cut fuel surcharges but will replace them with higher base charges as the airline tries to improve margins.

Qantas has been named the world's safest airline, and Air NZ is in the top ten, according to a new report which also noted 2014 was a bad year for airline safety.

Air New Zealand's flights to Buenos Aires will be more than a third filled with passengers from Australia, an analysis of the service says.

Eighty five years ago the carrier that was to become Hawaiian Airlines started commercial flights using a plane dubbed the "ugly duckling".

Qantas is diverting its planes away from central Sydney to free up space for authorities dealing with the siege in a city cafe.

Qantas' spate of incidents is "unusual" but there's no evidence of slipping safety standards, an aviation expert says.

Qantas engineers are examining an A380 jet that was forced to make an emergency landing in Perth.

Qantas boss Alan Joyce says fuel prices falling more quickly than the Australian dollar are helping revive the airline's international division but he's not putting a date on when it will be out of financial trouble.

Qantas has unveiled its retro inspired 1970s livery on one of its brand new Boeing 737 aircraft.

Qantas is serving up what could be the first course in a transtasman food fight, with new offerings to economy class passengers from later this month.

A 700-litre flood of water that forced a Qantas plane to turn back to Los Angeles mid-flight may have been caused by the mops used to clean the aircraft.

As Qantas prepares to put more flights into New Zealand over summer, international sales boss Stephen Thompson is clear about what needs to be done at the airline as it battles through a painful....

Ancillary revenue on top of airline ticket prices has soared by 1200 per cent in the last seven years.

Struggling Australian flag carrier Qantas has posted a huge annual net loss but CEO Alan Joyce insists better days lie ahead.

A Hollywood actress has described how a "river was running through the aisles" of one of Qantas's giant A380 jets about an hour after taking off from Los Angeles for Melbourne.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is heading for a bitter political fight that he is almost certain to lose as he hardens his "end of the age of entitlement" mantra.

Air NZ will benefit from a weakened Qantas as the Australian airline battles to turn around big losses by slashing jobs, axing routes and grounding planes.

The disastrous results and huge job-shedding announced by Qantas yesterday is battering at the door of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

Jetstar says it's committed to NZ, amid speculation parent company Qantas is set to axe nearly 5000 jobs.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has launched a defence of his management team's performance after issuing a grim profit warning and slashing jobs.