Air New Zealand is trying to trace a passenger seen talking on his cellphone during a domestic flight, who allegedly claimed he had been given permission.

Auckland International Airport says it is expecting net profit in a range from $112 million to $118m for the 2011 financial year, when one-off items are excluded.

September arrivals for British visitors were the lowest in a decade, Statistics NZ figures show.

A potty-mouthed puppet called Rico is the controversial new face of the country's national carrier, Air New Zealand.

The inexplicable blandness of airline food has been pondered at 30,000 feet by generations of travellers.

The Dreamliner is a big deal to the thousands of suppliers around the world making components and to the 55 customers lined up waiting for the new-generation aircraft.

The company will make the services available on Airbus A340-500s and A380s and Boeing's 777-300ER models.

Warnings of terror attacks in Europe are not affecting bookings, say airlines.

The airline is currently training nearly 300 cadets who are aspiring to become pilots, further strengthening its commitment to nurturing aviation talent. Video / Emirates

The manufacturers of the Bombardier say yesterday's Blenheim incident was the third one of its kind worldwide in less than a week.

Eighty people who lost family members in the 1979 Erebus tragedy will travel to Antarctica on a remembrance flight this summer after their names were drawn in a ballot.

A plane with 46 passengers on board has crash landed at Woodburn airport near Blenheim tonight.