Virgin Blue Airlines Group and Air New Zealand Ltd have today announced their intention to seek regulatory approval to create an alliance on the Trans Tasman. The proposed alliance will allow the airlines to strengthen their competitive offering on the trans-Tasman route and to collaborate on future route and product planning, code sharing and frequent [...]

As the snow begins to melt in the Alps, some skiers are finding novel ways to get up to the slopes that chair lifts and cable cars cannot reach.    

A German research plane has taken to the skies above Iceland in order to measure the amount of ash still in the atmosphere following the volcanic eruption that grounded air traffic in Europe.