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Iran ripe market for aircraft sales

Iran's nuclear deal will allow the republic will to replace hundreds of museum-era jets frozen in time by economic sanctions.

Scary mid-air plunge

Passengers on a Wellington to Sydney flight took a terrifying mid-air plunge that knocked the aircraft off its axis as it flew in to land.

Heavy planes force runway repair

Queenstown Airport has been forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on patching its runway after damage by heavy aircraft.

Travel tax could cost 100s of jobs

A global airline organisation says the looming travel tax could cost jobs and is a breach of aviation principles.

Consumer NZ ramps up Jetstar lobby

Australian consumer advocacy group Choice is on board to campaign against Jetstar’s “opt-out” booking service.

New travel tax hypocrisy: tourism boss

A tourism leader has branded the Government's new travel tax as ludicrous and hypocrisy.

Air NZ fails to block Qantas

Qantas and American Airlines have been granted an okay to introduce more services between Australia and the US.

Airways eyes controlling planes from space

Airways is looking a new space-based air traffic control system that would supersede radar.

Air NZ objects to Qantas expanding trans-Pacific flights

Air NZ is the sole voice protesting against Qantas and American Airlines' application for a co-ordinated increase in flights.

Flight diverts in state of emergency

A plane on its way from New York to Kuwait has diverted to the UK after declaring a state of emergency when a woman fell ill.

Emirates flight diverted for emergency landing

A flight from Auckland to Dubai via Sydney has reportedly been diverted to Colombo.

Starship's new air ambulance unveiled

Qantas adds more flights across Tasman

Qantas is adding thousands of extra seats to its transtasman services in early spring as its subsidiary Jetstar moves ahead with plans for regional services.

Jetstar takes airpoints fight to Air NZ

Jetstar's just fired another shot at Air NZ - now it's trying to lure passengers away from its highly prized loyalty scheme.

Fiji Airways gets new chief exec

Just nuts: Snack row costs $805K

Plane had to dump 50,000 litres of fuel and passengers had to wait almost 24 hours to take off again after passenger demanded nuts non-stop.

Why NZ planes were grounded

Some passengers were still stranded at airport terminals last night after a radar failure grounded commercial flights for nearly two hours.

Radar fault causes mayhem at Auckland Airport

Domestic flights across the country are being cancelled in the aftermath of a radar fault which grounded planes across New Zealand. It has left passengers stranded across the country and looking to Air New Zealand for answers.