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Costs literally sky high

It may have become apparent from my first half dozen blogs, that I am a fan of puns in my headlines.

Flightless Kiwis stranded - travel bans extended

More than 2000 passengers are stuck in NZ as airports remain closed until at least 7am tomorrow.

Have your food and eat it, too

For most of us, airline food conjures up far-from-appetising images of soggy omelettes, insipid veges and reheated meat.

Bayliss moves on

Ash big threat to jet engines

Enhanced engine technology has magnified the risk of fatal damage to aircraft flying into volcanic ash clouds, writes Mathew Dearnaley.

Telecom drives market down

Random drug, alcohol checks for pilots

NZ pilots are to be randomly checked to ensure they are telling the truth about any past drug and alcohol convictions.

Cooking on the plane

Open hatch forces emergency landing

High winds and rain hit centre of country

Air NZ apologises over claim on Tongan drinking

Air NZ apologises for a crew manual which suggested flight attendants watch Tongans who wanted to "drink the bar dry".

NZ stocks: Telecom shares slump to new low

Telecom shares sank to new a low on the NZ sharemarket today, while rises in Fletcher Building, Contact Energy and other leaders helped carry the market higher.

Any passenger rage will be dealt with

Fire Service on standby for plane landing

Emergency landing puts airport on alert

Emergency services were scrambled after an Air New Zealand flight from Sydney carrying 99 passengers and eight crew was diverted to land at Auckland late last night.

Cheaper fares over Tasman

You're better off booking your transtasman flight on Air New Zealand's website from the other side of the ditch.

Air NZ mercy mission saves man's life

A Gisborne man left without crucial medicine when his luggage went missing on a Pacific Blue flight says he owes his life to rival airline Air NZ.

Air NZ accused of rehab bias to pilots

A former Air NZ flight attendant claim the airline does more to help pilots battling alcohol or drug addictions than it does for "expendable" cabin crew.