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1500 Air NZ passengers among more than a million affected by airport shutdowns across Europe.

NZ pilots are to be randomly checked to ensure they are telling the truth about any past drug and alcohol convictions.

Russian authorities insist that pilot error was behind the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski.

A new agreement gives Air NZ access to parts of the US not previously available with its current airline partners.

A Qantas pilot who had repeated urges to crash his planes was allowed to continue working for three years after doctors declared him fit to fly.

Air NZ apologises for a crew manual which suggested flight attendants watch Tongans who wanted to "drink the bar dry".

High winds caught Stacey Hopper's plane as it took off, causing it to dip and clip the van that had dropped him at the airstrip, a good friend says.