Air NZ imposes hiring freeze in some areas due to coronavirus, union says

A hiring freeze has been applied to some parts of Air NZ as the airline grapples with challenges emerging from the coronavirus crisis, a union says. The airline has also postponed its 80th anniversary celebration, scheduled to be held in Auckland March 5, because managers are too busy dealing with fallout from the deadly virus. E tū union organiser Savage said airlines were struggling with significantly reduced passenger numbers and cargo loads. As a result airlines, including Air NZ, were having to think about how they managed staff that worked on services affected by coronavirus. "Certainly there are parts of Air NZ where recruitment has been put on hold," Savage said. So far there had been no job losses as a result of coronavirus scheduling changes, he said. <br/>