Hundreds of travellers and holidaymakers have been left stranded after flights to and from Tonga were cancelled yesterday because of a huge volcanic ash cloud.

A man who left his car in the care of an airport parking company was horrified to see how his vehicle was treated after an in-car camera captured the action.

Following the July breach, Mr Brownlee claimed he was given permission by an airport staff member manning a secure exit door to bypass security.

New short-cut flight paths over Auckland promising to reduce carbon dioxide emission, burn less fuel and fly more quietly have been confirmed.

Herald aviation correspondent Grant Bradley looks at the trends exciting the plane nerds.

A new service from Fiji Airways will allow Wellingtonians to escape twice a week to the tropics from next June.

Dozens of flights have been cancelled in Britain and many others delayed after a computer failure at the headquarters of air traffic control company Nats.

Qantas' spate of incidents is "unusual" but there's no evidence of slipping safety standards, an aviation expert says.

Racially charged protests in Ferguson are fuelling an exponential increase in gun sales among mainly white customers at one of the premier shooting ranges in the United States.

Phillip John Smith used his time behind bars to gain university qualifications and run a business - making the money he used to flee New Zealand.

Aviation Security staff are on heightened alert following the raised terror threat level and on the lookout for a range of new risks.

Millions of departing travellers could be spared the chore filling in departure cards following work done by Customs and Statistics New Zealand.

London's Heathrow airport says airlines are using more giant wide-body super jumbos to escape the constraints of capacity curbs.

Sniffer dogs have smelled their way to finding more than $3.5 million in illicit cash since they were introduced at NZ borders less than two years ago.

Thousands of passengers at Britain's biggest airport Heathrow face severe delays and cancelled flights due to stormy weather.

Thousands of NZers travelling to Australia could have "biometric data" such as facial recognition data, iris scans and fingerprints stored and shared.

An airport kiosk avatar that can tell how stressed passengers are at check-in and talk them through the process is being developed in Auckland.

Pressure is building to make travel easier between Australia and New Zealand, a move that could help fill a million empty seats each year on flights across the Tasman.

International airlines flew more than 1000 at-risk or ineligible people into New Zealand in a year, Immigration New Zealand figures reveal.

The strategic alliance between Air NZ and Singapore Airlines has been approved and will result in 100,000 extra seats a year on the Auckland-Singapore route.

An Air New Zealand passenger who was left stranded in Hawaii last week says he is surprised the airline hasn't made more recommendations, after an investigation into the incident.

Fear of Ebola and global instability have helped boost interest in corporate jet travel.

A deleted social media post by a separatist militia leader has led to accusations that pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine are to blame for the Malaysia Airlines crash.

Air NZ's Dreamliner will need modifications to equipment including the "last line of defence" that provides back-up power in the remote event of a dual engine failure.