Flights
Queenstown airport expansion plans put on hold
Plans to double the number of flights in and out of Queenstown have been put on ice following community backlash. Video, Audio
New Originair service links Nelson to Napier
The first passenger flight to cross the lower North Island in two decades has landed in Napier this afternoon after setting off from New Plymouth.
Thousands of airline passengers grounded after rupture
VIDEO: Auckland Airport CEO Adrian Littlewood joins John Campbell live in the studio to discuss how the pipeline rupture has affected flights in and out of the city. Video, Audio
When NZ aviation went national
Seventy years ago, New Zealand’s various small airlines were amalgamated and nationalised into the National Airways Corporation (NAC). Audio
Flights at Wellington airport starting to resume as fog lifts
Flights at Wellington Airport are starting to resume after more than one hundred were cancelled due to fog yesterday. The airport says one Air New Zealand flight has managed to land this morning, and… Audio
Are you in it for the long haul?
Aviation commentator Peter Clarke talks about the growth of long haul flights and seat comfort. Audio
New Zealanders start flying home from Bali after ash cloud woes
Holidaymakers have begun arriving back in Auckland after being stranded in Bali by a Volcanic ashcloud which grounded flights. Audio
First New Zealanders return home from Bali after ash stranding
New Zealanders have begun arriving back in Auckland after being stranded in Bali after an ash cloud grounded flights. Audio
New flights for Dunedin-Queenstown
Will new daily flights on Kiwi Regional Airlines between Dunedin and Queenstown be a success? Audio