Virgin Blue may abandon trans-Tasman routes after its alliance plans with Air NZ were knocked back by Australia's competition regulator.

A mid-air explosion forced a Qantas' 747 jetliner carrying 230 people to make an emergency landing.

A pirate radio station plans to broadcast from international waters off the coast of Fiji.

Qantas denies passengers' lost property is given to staff, despite reports that unclaimed items are often auctioned off to airline workers.

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Property left behind by Qantas passengers - including phones and computers - is regularly auctioned off to airline staff.

Almost $100 would be cut off a return airfare to Australia under one airline's plan to simplify transtasman travel.

A US tourist on holiday to Australia and NZ claims she was left "stone cold deaf" by a screaming child on a Qantas fight.

Air New Zealand climbed from eighth-best in the world last year's to fifth in this year's annual world airline awards.

The quiet of the no-fly zone has been replaced by the roar of airplane engines across Britain today.

A Qantas pilot who had repeated urges to crash his planes was allowed to continue working for three years after doctors declared him fit to fly.

Qantas has been ordered to pay out today for keeping a pilot on their roster who was mentally unfit to fly an airplane.

Qantas Airways subsidiary Jetstar will begin rolling out SMS boarding pass technology in 2010.

Flying over the white continent is a humbling treat, writes Lloyd Jones.