Coronavirus: Air New Zealand leasing out a quarter of its head office space

Air NZ is looking to sublet up to 5000 square metres of office space at its headquarters in Auckland as part of coronavirus cost savings. In response to Covid-19 Air New Zealand undertook radical cost-cutting measures across its business, part of which involved letting go of more than 4000 staff. As a result much of its once bustling headquarters at 185 Fanshawe St in Wynyard Quarter is now surplus to requirements. Air New Zealand was the first and sole tenant to move into the six-level 20,000sqm building in 2006. The airline has now engaged Colliers to find tenants for between 845sqm to 5000sqm of fully fitted office space. “Air New Zealand has identified an opportunity to optimise its footprint at its head office,” the listing says. It's offering short or long term leases with flexible size and configurations. The office has two inter-connected buildings with up to 5000sqm of shared space.<br/>