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Border announcement a boost for pilot academy

Chief executive Gerard Glanville says the goal is to have 200 students by the end of 2024.

Major global airport reports busiest quarter in years

Numbers soar at the world's busiest international airport.

Airways boss quits after tumultuous Covid years, control tower closure U-turns

Plans to close regional control towers, announced when Covid hit, have been reversed.

Heading back into the world? Here's the busiest day for flying this year

Analysts pick the busiest day when already strained aviation will be further stretched

Passenger with no flying experience lands plane

Listen: Passenger with no flying experience lands plane in Florida after pilot loses consciousness. Video / Jeff Chandler / LiveATC.net

Travel boost: Pre-departure tests on way out, cruise ships return

Airlines say the pre-departure tests need to go straight away.

World paper plane champions land in Salzburg

Competitive paper darts is half sport half art.

Paul Henry: Air NZ is failing us - it needs a new chair, CEO

He once starred in one of the Air NZ safety videos. He's now taking the airline to task.

Qantas orders Airbus A350s with range to anywhere in the world from Sydney

Airline boss says planes will allow it to reach the last frontier.

'Ghost of Kyiv' hero fighter pilot a myth, Ukraine air force admits

The Ukraine air force has now conceded the hero pilot was a myth.

Open borders: How long it could take a $42 billion industry to recover

Today is a milestone, but the recovery of the $42 billion industry is going to take time.

Paraglider taken to hospital after Christchurch cliff rescue

The paraglider had been "picked up by the wind" and landed partway down a cliff.

'Regional hub': China's aviation plans with Solomon islands revealed

One of China's biggest defence companies had big plans for the Solomon Islands.

Emirates NZ boss: What's the plan for ramping up flying?

Covid is not part of the conversation in Dubai, says airline boss.

Air NZ's big move: Why airline is moving from the CBD to the airport

The shift will cut the airline's property costs by 20 per cent over 15 years.

Tesla car on autopilot crashes into private jet

Video shows the car slowly ramming into the aircraft and pushing it across the tarmac. Video / Newsflare