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Airport reports more passengers
Auckland Airport handled 3.8 per cent more passengers in November than a year ago, and airports it has invested in experienced even stronger growth.

EU delivers ultimatum to airports
The EU criticised airport operators yesterday for failing to deal adequately with the heavy snow and freezing weather.

Live grenade found at mail centre
The Defence bomb squad has now taken away for further examination the live grenade found at the International Mail Centre at Auckland Airport this evening.

NZ choir spreads cheer at snowed-in Heathrow
Kiwi kids have spread a little Christmas cheer to those stranded at Heathrow Airport in London.

Airport pulls covers off $50m revamp
Construction work will be finished in time for Rugby World Cup, says chief.

Akld Airport in $50m Star Trek themed redevelopment
A structure likened to the Starship Enterprise is the centrepiece of a $50 million retail redevelopment at Auckland International Airport's departures area.

Cocaine seizures 'tip of iceberg'
Cocaine has become the trendy drug of choice and the the number of smugglers from South America caught at the border is rising.

Cut-price airline launches in Christchurch
A cut-price Asian airline is promising the "cheapest international airfares New Zealand has seen" when it launches in Christchurch today.

<i>Peter Calder</i>: Tale of the forgotten hand sanitiser
Rules are rules and carelessness is carelessness. But I can't help wishing that there would be some standardisation of enforcement.

Airport alert after smoke smelled in plane's cabin
Emergency services were called to Wellington International Airport after a plane was forced to return shortly after take-off this afternoon.

Minister, airlines demand answers
The body responsible for Auckland Airport's runway lights is under fire from airlines and a Govt minister after Saturday's outage.

Lights on... but chaos rules
Thousands still suffered yesterday as Auckland International Airport struggled to clear the backlog of passengers disrupted by its closure.

Lightning a possible cause for airport's blackout
Lightning strikes may be behind an outage which caused Auckland Airport's runway lights to go dark.