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Red alert at Auckland Airport

Foreshore veto rights 'risk to airport expansion'

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.

Stranded passengers upset by airport treatment

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.

Lights on... but chaos rules

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

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.

Air NZ pilots' fast reaction helped avert midair crash

Air NZ pilots helped to avert a midair disaster that air traffic controllers failed to spot, an inquiry has found.

Threats ground planes

Auckland flight held after phone threat

Akld Airport boosts flights to Asia

The pitfalls of excessive security

Airport security precautions are a fact of life these days, but Jim Eagles wonders whether some of the checks haven't become a bit much.

US$100m bond issue for airport

Tourism NZ slams $356 UK flight tax

Tourism NZ has slammed a 55 per cent increase in the flight tax tourists from the United Kingdom will have to pay to fly to our shores.

Govt seeks to lessen impact of rise in UK-NZ flight tax

A backlash against big spikes in departure tax for people travelling on long-haul flights from Britain has gone global.