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Safe Travel advises New Zealanders who are travelling or living in Samoa to have comprehensive medical and travel insurance policies.

One passenger said they could see another customer's name on their app as well as their boarding pass for a flight.

Air New Zealand has apologised to a customer who was left without a flight plan after the Chicago to Auckland service was cancelled. Audio

Australia's newest budget airline suspended all its flights on Tuesday, to discuss "the ongoing viability" of its business model.

The conversation between air traffic control and flight LA800's pilots has revealed the moments after the plane plummeted mid-air.

Travellers have been forced to pay hundreds more for emergency passports or change their international flights as they wait for their passport to be processed.

The airline sector is ripe for the kind of investigation that has been carried out in the grocery and banking sectors, Consumer NZ believes. Audio

Air New Zealand has announced changes for its short-haul flights later this year, but prices increases are coming first. Audio

Travellers' plans are being hampered by low visibility, while further north, people are being warned of downpours and thunderstorms.

But he notes a more defensive tone coming from the under-fire aviation manufacturer. Audio

The move comes as expectations that Iran will attack Israel rise, the airline says.

Auckland Airport expects this weekend to be the busiest period over the next two weeks of the school holidays.

Cruise ships brought about 350,000 to New Zealand this season but Red Sea shipping disruptions is expected to contribute to a lull for the next.