This morning, the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) confirmed the purchase of two Airbus A321 NEO LRs to replace its aging fleet of two Boeing 757s.

This afternoon, at around 5:15 PM a light aerobatic plane that was displaying in the Australian International Airshow crashed into the ground. Leaving the pilot in a critical but stable condition.

Air New Zealand and Air India are looking to introduce direct flights between India and New Zealand by the end of 2028. The two airlines also began a codeshare partnership allowing passengers to fly between the two airlines with ease.

At the end of March 2025, the southern hemispheres largest airshow, Avalon, Australian Intl. Airshow will race into action with more aircraft on show and more spectators than any previous Avalon airshow.

DC-3, registered as ZK-DAK has now been sold across the ditch to Darwin, Australia. The aircraft will soon head to join ZK-AWP, which has also been sold recently.

From the 11th till the 14th of April, you might will be able to get up close and personal with the Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s recently delivered C-130H before it enters storage.

Today, Vietjet announced that from September 2025, they will commence non-stop flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Auckland. The route will be operated using Vietjets fleet of 7 A330-300s.

In late March this year, the biennial airshow, Avalon International Airshow will return to the skies above Avalon, near Melbourne. The airshow last took to the skies in 2023 after a series of cancellations due to the COVID pandemic.

Last night, an Air New Zealand charter flight took off from Auckland heading to Las Vegas carrying Warriors fans. The special flight for NRL fans sold out in just 17 minutes after tickets were put up for sale.

At the end of January, the RNZAF retired their fleet of five C-130H Hercules. Rumours of one Hercules landing at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand were confirmed today via a Facebook post and letters sent to local residents.

On Tuesday, KFC announced that they are launching a private jet airline named Zing Air to fly rugby fans from around New Zealand straight from their hometown to a rugby match.

Recently, Air Chathams has confirmed the sale of its iconic Douglas DC-3, ZK-AWP. The aircraft has now led the country to head to it’s new owners in Darwin.

Amid rising costs, Sounds Air dropped flights between Wellington and Westport as well as Wellington and Taupo. Managing director Andrew Crawford said while demand for flights was strong, costs to operate the flight were too high.

Yesterday, January 21st, Air Chathams announced that from April this year they will no longer fly between Auckland and Norfolk Island.

ATR Aircraft confirmed on Tuesday that they have gained certification to implement Starlink inflight wifi onboard ATR turboprop aircraft. The upgrade will be available as a retrofit on all ATR 72s.

Recently, Air New Zealand took delivery of their 30th active ATR 72-600. The model first joined the fleet in 2012 and has flown an estimated 33.2 million passengers on more than 600,000 flights. Air New Zealand is the fourth largest operator of the aircraft in the world.

Air New Zealand has been named the world’s safest airline for the second year in a row, surpassing Qantas by 1.5 points in the Airlineratings.com rankings. Air New Zealand has held this position since 2024, previously ranking first in 2022. Qantas was first in 2023 and led from 2013 to 2021.

Kicking off the new year will be Classic Flyers’ second annual ‘Aero Day’. With numerous exciting aircraft set to preform for a thrilling day of aviation displays that you won’t want to miss!

After a large 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu on Tuesday afternoon the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) sent five aircraft to deliver aid to the nation.

The Royal New Zealand Air Force just took formal delivery of its new fleet of five C-130J-30 Super Hercules, another milestone for modernizing the RNZAF airlift capability.