Aviation

Fog is causing problems at Auckland Airport, where 18 regional flights have been cancelled and 12 delayed.

The airport is to get a state-of-the-art new terminal, but not everyone is happy with the price tag of up to $29 million.

Air New Zealand is warning many South Island flights this evening are likely to be disrupted by fog and low cloud.

Laptop bombs on planes are a matter of "when, not if", the head of the UN's counter-terrorism committee has warned.

A pilot who walked away from a helicopter crash near Porirua yesterday is facing a charge relating to a previous aviation incident.

United Airlines is facing another PR nightmare, after the death of a giant rabbit that was being transported on one of its planes.

Two people have escaped with minor injuries after a light plane crashed in Northland.

Flying restrictions on the Air Force's NH90 helicopters are in place after an emergency landing near Blenheim.

The chief executive of United Airlines has apologised for the 'truly horrific' removal of a passenger from an overbooked flight.

The father of a pilot killed when a Robinson R44 helicopter crashed in 2014 says that aircraft can become impossible to control in some situations.

The type of fog that has caused Wellington's flight chaos can be expected about six times a year, a meteorologist says.

Far too many air accidents are caused by polluted fuel, insufficient fuel, or blocked fuel lines starving aircraft engines of gas, the Civil Aviation Authority says.

The decision to let Wellington Airport build the shortest possible safety area for any runway extension should be revisited, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Up to 500 extra people could be stationed at Ohakea if Singapore uses it to train its F-15 fighter jet pilots.

A pilot has died after a helicopter battling fires on the Port Hills near Christchurch crashed this afternoon.

A Qantas flight bound for Melbourne had to return to Auckland yesterday after a man died on board.

Wellington Airport has trespassed the country's only convicted plane hijacker, as the end of her sentence looms.

Pilots are vowing to keep a close watch on the case of a convicted hijacker whose sentence ends early next month.