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Christopher Niesche: Should Virgin be bailed out or be left to fight for itself?

Australia's government has made it clear Australia needs two major airlines.

Nobody's travelling so what's the future for travel agents?

Travel agents were working 24/7 to get clients home while facing losing their own jobs.

Lift-off: Air NZ repatriation flight to Germany leaves Auckland

The airlift of stranded tourists picks up pace as airlines make extraordinary journeys.

The shrinking airline: Air NZ's staggering cut to domestic network

Just five cities will be served by scheduled flights although Govt can order others.

The Air NZ flight with no passengers - and airline industry's $102 billion hole

The wrap: Air NZ flight with no passengers on board, passenger rights, dirt cheap fuel.

New pics: Air NZ parks up more than half its fleet

Air New Zealand has 58 aircraft parked up at airports.

Air NZ cuts: The mega-trends that will change airline models

No matter how airlines emerge from this crisis operating models may fundamentally change.

Air New Zealand unions plea over job cuts

Pilots, engineers and cabin crew say cuts must not do long-term damage to airline.

'It's harder to get out': Sir John Key on the challenge in ending a lockdown

What happens after three weeks? Do we go back to level three or level two?

Auckland Airport's big call on second runway has familiar ring

The second runway gets put on ice - again - and 90 contractors lose work.

Shops close at Auckland Airport: What you need to know

Travellers need to be prepared as very few shops are open at the airport

Air NZ runs mercy flights for Germans escaping Canada

Air NZ is sending pilots and crew to charter flights for the German government.

Air NZ's 'bloody big corporate jet' for just four passengers

Cargo is king as the number of passengers shrinks around the world.

Auckland Airport suspends work on $2b worth of projects, 90 contractors go

The company has also let go 90 independent contractors.

Air NZ drops international flights to just 11 routes

New schedule sees a whopping 95 per cent drop in international flights for the airline.

Coronavirus: Virgin Australia moves to close NZ operations

Virgin Australia employs about 200 pilots and 260 cabin crew here.

Freight flight plan for stranded Kiwis as other options run out

As airlines stop flying here ways of getting home are becoming more limited.

Time running out for airlines, Air NZ deal praised

Even in its weakened state aviation is transporting doctors, nurses and medicine.