Thomas Bywater

Following the death of a Singapore Airlines passenger and injury to several others in an episode of severe turbulence, industry experts are advising passengers to do one thing on their next flight: buckle up.

Following the death of a Singapore Airlines passenger and injury to several others in an episode of severe turbulence, industry experts are advising passengers to do one thing on their next flight: buckle up.

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Ancilary luggage fees were increased 30 to 100 per cent, without warning.

Air New Zealand has increased baggage fees across all flights and hiked other ancillary charges, including the cost of flying on domestic and international services.

After another year of Great Walk tech issues, the Department of Conservation has revealed almost half of the trampers hoping to nab a space on the Milford Track were calling in from overseas.

Auckland passengers expecting a short hop to Dunedin yesterday ended up trapped on a four-and-a-half-hour service to nowhere.

Peru gave the world cocaine, chocolate and the humble spud.

Thirty years after the incident on BA Flight 5390 images have resurfaced online, reviving memories of one of the strangest and most heroic chapters in civil aviation.