Air New Zealand

Let's face it, eating a reheated meal in a cramped coach seat is never going to be a fine-dining experience, but airlines are now looking to new technology to give us more of what we want, ultimately reducing the current shameful amount of food waste.

NASA and Air New Zealand have entered a first-of-a-kind agreement that will see the carrier equip one of its Q300 aircraft with special receivers to gather data for environmental monitoring, to help track trends associated with climate change.

Microsoft's HoloLens is still awaiting a commercial release, but we're already seeing some fascinating potential real-world applications. Air New Zealand has recently revealed it has been working with Dimension Data to use the mixed reality smartglasses as a way of enhancing its cabin crew services.

Boeing has announced that Air New Zealand is abandoning hard copy technical logs on its fleet of six 787 Dreamliners in favor of Boeing's Electronic Log Book (ELB), which is designed to improve the efficiency of aircraft maintenance operations.​

Boeing's new Dreamliner 787-9 has touched down after the successful completion of its first flight in the skies above Washington. The 5-hour flight out of Paine Field marks the beginning of a test program for the new Dreamliner variant which is expected to enter commercial service in mid-2014.

Air New Zealand's new "cuddle class" seating options are now available on flights between Los Angeles and Auckland or London on the airline's new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.

Aircraft seating is often more about squeezing people in economy, or pandering to the business and first classes; in this article we take a look at some new cushy options for your tush, and some others that seem quite outlandish.

Air New Zealand, Boeing, Rolls-Royce and UOP aim to power one of four engines on a Boeing 747-400 on Jatropha-based fuel.