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Pilot urges Queenstown Airport to look at alternative sites

Airport company says it has looked but ruled out sites other than Wanaka and Queenstown.

'Drunk' Kiwi's Malaysia Airlines madness

Sobbing Aucklander has narrowly avoided jail after causing drunken madness on flight.

How Kiwi travellers can cut pain from falling dollar

Kiwi's have the travel bug so the falling dollar is a speed bump not a wipeout, says agent

The plan to fight cabin fever on world's longest flight

The high end retreat operator says it will offer new ways of coping with marathon flights.

Was there a stowaway aboard MH370? Expert's new theory

Sensational new theory claims someone hid on the missing Boeing 777 before it took off.

Airport staff 'broke disabled passengers wheelchair'

Returning it to her in four pieces with parts hidden in hopes she wouldn't notice.

Plane vanishes before landing in Indonesia

The light aircraft went missing before it was due to land.

British mum jailed over 'profanity' not glass of wine

Gulf officials claim she wasn't jailed for drinking on a Dubai plane.

Passengers pass out on boiling hot Virgin Atlantic flight

Broken air conditioning on a flight from Orlando caused passengers to "collapse".

Foetus found on American Airlines plane

Authorities said a cleaning crew found the body in a toilet in one of the bathrooms.

Up and away: Air fares tipped to soar even higher

The cost of travel has been creeping up and is forecast to keep climbing

Emirates' superjumbo serving of caviar - 2.5 million tins

The airline's double deckers have been flying for a decade.

Air NZ leases Boeing 777 from Taiwan's EVA Air

Rolls-Royce engine problems mean Air NZ must lease planes to maintain schedules

Plug in power saves Air NZ tonnes of fuel

The airline has saved 2.5 million litres of fuel by plugging in to gate power.

'Cruise liner in the sky': A look inside the world's biggest aircraft

New photos from aboard the "flying bum" reveal a sight most of us will never get to see.

Typhoon alert for Air New Zealand Shanghai flight

First fog at Auckland and now the remnants of an Asian typhoon could affect flights.

Virgin Australia's tactics to take a bite out of Air NZ

Virgin's new full-service fares are higher than a sample of Air NZ's The Works prices.

Airline wars: Virgin Australia's new move on the Tasman

The operator is improving cabin service in a deepening fight with Air NZ.