Aviation

Faulty landing gear has forced a Hawaiian Airlines flight to turn back to Auckland Airport.

A light plane made a forced landing in farmland west of Palmerston North.

Aviation officials have revealed they first learnt of a potential Chinese "live fire" military exercise in the Tasman Sea last week after a Virgin Airlines pilot relayed warnings he had picked up…

Unexpected Chinese naval activities in the Tasman Sea that forced commercial airlines to divert from possible live fire exercises, have sent top New Zealand and Australian politicians seeking answers…

Analysis - Dramatic images of several prominent aircraft crashes in the US might make it seem like the skies are becoming more dangerous - but a look at the statistics suggests the skies are about as…

Aerial topdresser John Bargh has notched up 30,000 hours in the air in nearly five decades spreading fert on hill country farms. Despite tough economic times, his passion for flying remains.

A Wellington woman says she feels like she never wants to fly again after a six day ordeal that saw her flights home from Dallas cancelled repeatedly.

Flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the crashed Jeju Air jet stopped recording about four minutes before the airliner hit a concrete structure, the country's transport ministry says.

The government not joining the international trend to require airlines to replace some fossil fuel with sustainable fuel contributed to the carrier ditching its 2030 climate target, Air NZ says.

Having the seat in front tipped back into your space on a flight can be claustrophobic and infuriating - but what are the airlines' responsibilities, and what can you do? Audio

It is blaming less public servant travel and mechanical issues for the loss of seats, among other issues. Audio

A pilot has been injured in a microlight crash near Kaikohe, in the Far North, while a worker in Whangārei has been critically injured.

The family of a young New Zealand pilot who died in a light plane crash in the Australian Outback is bringing his ashes home to Auckland.

A former Air NZ flight attendant who fell ill with Covid-19 while helping people get home between New Zealand and China during lockdown has achieved a milestone in his fight for compensation.

Thinking about booking that long-awaited overseas trip? International travel is back and bigger than ever.

The increases, which will take effect from July, follow a year-long price freeze implemented during the early stages of the airline industry's Covid-19 recovery.

Air New Zealand wants oil companies to explain why bad batches of jet fuel keep being delivered. Audio