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Qantas will fix a safety video which showed Jade Stadium when it was meant to be Eden Park
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The passenger had reportedly paid for a second seat for the large bird.
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Emergency services respond to plane in trouble
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Air NZ announce new safety video in Antartica
Air New Zealand have released a video announcing their new safety video will be based in Antartica.
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Singapore Airlines axes 'Capital Express'
Four-times-weekly flight from Wellington to Singapore will now stop in Melbourne
Travel bugs: Cheap flight cankles
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Passengers sleep in airport after Air NZ flight delay
Passengers stuck on the tarmac for seven hours before being offloaded.
The gross truth about plane food
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Doubts over authenticity of complaint from 'NZ doctor'
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Kiwi's fury over flight attendants: 'I could see her breasts'
Flyer so disgusted by scantily-dressed flight attendants she penned this furious note.
'Drunk' pilot hauled off flight seconds before take-off
A British Airways pilot is hauled from plane seconds before take-off by armed police.
Watch: Wellington planes scarily fly close together
Witness says plane took "evasive action" but airport says incident not out of ordinary.
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Flight check: Auckland to the Gold Coast
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Flight check: Auckland to Christchurch
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Flight check: Auckland to Nadi
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Flight check: Houston to Auckland
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Flight check: Auckland to Rarotonga
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Business class passenger bitten by bed bugs
A British Airways passenger paid $7500 for his business class flight.
MH370: 'Only option' to find missing plane
An Australian oceanographer has suggested a new search area for MH370.
Woman finds 'large' spider on her flight from Perth to Auckland
Cecilie Keenan finds a spider in the overhead baggage on her flight from Perth to Auckland and was told by the air hostess to kill it. / Dean Purcell
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