A low-cost transtasman airline is the proven model for regional international airports such as Hamilton and Dunedin, Hamilton Airport chief executive Chris Doak says.
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, Asia's third-largest carrier, has asked staff to take unpaid leave while it cuts passenger and cargo capacity to cope with the global downturn.
A resolution to the dispute that led to Air New Zealand threatening to cancel some regional services is a case of common sense prevailing, Prime Minister John Key says.
A floatplane rose just metres above the waters of Lake Rotorua this afternoon before the engine failed moments after takeoff, forcing an emergency landing.
Air New Zealand says it has been fielding calls from customers concerned their Easter travel plans will be disrupted by proposed cabin crew strike action.
Indonesian prosecutors have accused the pilot of a Garuda plane that crashed killing 21 people - including five Australians - of fabricating a story about mechanical problems to escape blame for the disaster.
Trans-Tasman flights could be reclassified as domestic routes by the end of this year after Prime Ministers John Key and Kevin Rudd today agreed to make it a priority.
A low-altitude stall which happened before an Air New Zealand Airbus crashed into the sea off the coast of France couldn't happen under normal flying operation, New Zealand air crash investigators say.
The airline pilots union has joined Air New Zealand in warning people not to jump to conclusions about what caused an Airbus A320 to crash off France last year.