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Air NZ's Luxon joins Tearfund board
The airline boss and his family have worked on Tearfund projects.
Travel firms partner up in chatbot tech
Corporate travel companies rolling out a voice controlled app for bookings
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Flight attendant tells of passenger groping: 'Keep your bloody hands to yourselves'
A Kiwi woman says she felt humiliated after being grabbed by men in the cabin.
Flight attendants: Time to end 'coffee tea or me'
A survey of flight attendants shows sexual harassment is widespread.
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Eight passengers kicked off plane for giving 'attitude'
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Air NZ Bali flights cancelled due to eruption
The airline has joined others flying form Australia in cancelling flights to Bali
Boeing's Concorde killer could shrink trans-Pacific flights
Its size would be larger than long-range business jets, but smaller than Boeing's 737s
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The Airbus A350 that flies itself if the pilots pass out
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Brace yourself: Flight Centre's future of travel
The agent says the industry is facing seismic shifts as demands change rapidly.
Cabin crew have higher risk of cancer
Cabin crew are much more likely to develop cancer, according to new Harvard research.
Air NZ fined $16.3m in price-fixing cartel case
Long-running action against the airline around the world has reached an end.
NZ reviews airport checks in global crackdown
Checks and restrictions on powder in hand luggage will hit transtasman flights.
'They just don't care': Passenger slams horror flight from NZ
After an emergency with his wife on a Qantas flight, a man describes what happened.
New powder rules for Aussie flights
A foiled bomb plot has led to new baggage restrictions on flights out of Australia.
Michelin-star chefs spill the beans on airline food hacks
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