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Auckland Airport boss: How to get moving again
Aviation businesses can provide answer on opening up - when it's safe.
Covid hit: Qantas Group's $3b statutory loss, underlying profit down 91%
The airline has said it will not resume international passenger flying until next year.
Auckland International Airport's profit plunges 63 per cent
The company has suspended earnings guidance for 2021 due to uncertainty
The aircrew Covid risk: Airlines fight back
Air NZ and unions say the rules are stringent - and crew are bearing the brunt of them.
Air NZ outlines what it's doing to stop Covid spread
Rising alarm about the risk aircrew pose.
'Surreal': Air NZ pilot's experience of flying in Covid world
'There is nothing going on. The world is dead,' a pilot on international flying now.
Covid-19 coronavirus: Jetstar pauses all domestic flights until August 26
Affected customers will be contacted directly by the airline.
Jetstar to suspend all NZ flights, Air NZ slashes services following alert level extension
The number of flights through Auckland plunging following the PM's announcement.
Air NZ's Greg Foran: How the new restrictions hit the airline
Airline chief on domestic, international outlook and whether he's had a Covid test.
Air NZ halts flight bookings to Melbourne, Brisbane
The Australian government has extended its cap on international arrivals.
Bubble trouble: Covid spread a blow to Cook Islands plans but work continues
Airlines and airports also release guide to travel under reinstated alert levels.
Air NZ's Greg Foran on alert level lift: We could see this coming
The airline is keeping its domestic schedule as it is - for now.
Alert level lift: Air NZ passengers must wear masks out of Auckland
Air NZ warns of heavy demand for call centre, Jetstar 'recommends' masks
Business Hub: Air New Zealand's Cam Wallace on flying through the Covid crisis
The two-decades Air NZ veteran on the darkest days of the crisis and what's the future.
One way ticket: Qatar Airways' new flights from NZ
The resumed service will only carry passengers out of NZ
Heavy lifting: How NZ is riding out air freight squeeze
Pressure on Govt to extend scheme seen as crucial to making air freight affordable.
Virgin Australia slashes 3000 more jobs, no NZ return date
The airline says demand may not come back for three years or more.
Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic files for bankruptcy protection
The airline wants breathing space to work on a turnaround plan in Britain.
Travel bubbles: Auckland International Airport to be split into two zones
Terminal to be split into two zones.
Rocket Lab reveals problem that caused last mission to fail
What went wrong amid the bid for "warp-speed" turnaround.
Travel agents' $2b struggle - ministers meet over plea for more help
Struggling agents want help as they work to repatriate what Kiwis have already paid out.
Chinese military drone mystery deepens as New Zealand designer denies involvement
Hamilton aero firm and US engine-maker deny involvement in controversial logistic UAV.
How Auckland Airport got busier than Changi and Hong Kong
The Covid-19 crisis has dramatically transformed the order of airport rankings.
Six months in - what's on Air NZ boss Greg Foran's plate
Why an analyst believes the airline's outlook may not be as dire as previously thought.
Cut in half: Flight Centre NZ loses 600 jobs in Covid crisis
Agents working to repatriate at least $1.5b but running out of time as subsidies go.
Cut off from Oz: Hold on all new Air NZ bookings across the Tasman
The airline says it faces too much disruption caused by border restrictions.
Former A2 Milk boss Jayne Hrdlicka moves back to airlines
Former Jetstar boss heading back to airlines at time of industry's worst financial crisis.
Grant Bradley: The travel heavyweights the Government will struggle to ignore
COMMENT: Most in the sector fit into category of viable but vulnerable worth supporting.
Flying into uncertainty: Where to now for Auckland Airport
What worst event to hit aviation since WWII means for one of country's biggest companies
Tarras International Airport: Pilots welcome plans
Pilots group says new airport would be a good alternative to tricky runways in the south.
Flying high: Air NZ adds 400 more domestic flights for August
Domestic air travel has rebounded more quickly than forecast.
A town called Tarras: Why Christchurch Airport wants to expand
A town famous for its hermit sheep could have Dreamliners landing there in coming years.
Tourism surge: Kiwis out in force during school holidays
Some regions got a boost of more than 50 per cent in domestic tourists on last year.