A note passed to a flight attendant certainly proves that modern air travel can be a little too close for comfort.

If you've ever worried about a fellow air passenger's hacking cough, there could be good news ahead.

Ever wondered what goes on the behind the scenes in airports and airplanes?

AirAsia X's services to Auckland from Malaysia via the Gold Coast will boost tourism revenue from fast growing South East Asia markets.

AirAsia X's return to New Zealand will help keep downward pressure on fares across the Tasman and into Southeast Asia.

South East Asia's biggest budget carrier is returning to New Zealand offering cut price promotional fares.

Air Asia has sent out some strong hints that it will begin flights to and from New Zealand in the near future which could mean bargain fares for Kiwi holidaymakers.

Passengers expecting to arrive in Auckland in time for a Christmas reunion with family had their festive plans foiled after their flight from Brisbane was delayed.

A Malaysia Airlines plane that took off from Auckland on Christmas Day surprised the pilot with the direction it started flying.

Qantas shareholders could be set for another windfall after the airline revealed it is on track for a record full-year profit, just two years after its biggest ever loss.

Sparks, bangs and a shuddering aircraft are not what most people want from a flight, but passengers on a Jetstar craft experienced exactly that.

Nerve-wracking footage shows Qatar Airways flight abandoning its takeoff attempt as it sped along the runway at New York's JFK Airport.

A group of 50 schoolchildren who were left stranded at Wellington Airport overnight have returned to Auckland this morning.

A group of 50 schoolchildren are stranded in Wellington Airport after their flight to Auckland was cancelled at the last minute.

Boeing's latest 737 airliner is gliding through development with little notice, and that may be the plane's strongest selling point.

Tourism Industry Association New Zealand chief executive Chris Roberts said this summer was likely to break tourism records.

On a flying visit, Hamish Fletcher finds there's potential - and pitfalls - for NZ businesses in South America's second-largest economy.

The newest long-haul airline into New Zealand, Air China, has landed in Auckland restoring a direct link to Beijing.

Air New Zealand's flights from Auckland to Buenos Aires begin today, and competition is tipped to get hot.

He racially abused fellow flyers, bit a policeman and made lewd gestures to an air hostess - and now he has been jailed.

Air New Zealand chairman Tony Carter has been named the 2015 winner of the Shareholders Association's Beacon Award.

Virgin Australia will boost the number of its transtasman services next year.

Airways Corporation has just signed a five-year co-operation agreement with Vietnamese air traffic control, VATM, and its aviation college, VAAC.

Qantas has finally shed its junk credit rating from Standard & Poor's.

Air New Zealand is considering the Philippines as another longhaul destination after confirming it will fly to Vietnam next year.

The long-awaited airfare war between New Zealand and the United States has taken off and is being welcomed by the Kiwi travel and tourism industry.

American Airlines is confident it can do what other carriers from the US have not - stay in New Zealand for the long haul.

Maids, porters and other hotel staff in Sharm el-Sheikh are being questioned to discover if one of them hid a bomb in the luggage of a passenger on board the doomed Russian holiday flight.

Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon says his airline's marketing in China aims to portray this country as romantic and an ideal destination for families.