New Zealand: When racists want to occupy a top position
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|Digital specialist Nikhil Ravishankar is considered a good choice for the top job at the state-owned airline Air New Zealand. Right-wing commentators, however, oppose the position. For professional reasons? Absolutely not.
Air New Zealand has entirely different problems than the right-wing extremist minority opinions that erupt every now and then on social media like a digital volcano. New Zealand's national airline is struggling with vulnerable engines and disrupted supply chains. It can't get planes to take off as it would like. It has cut flights and recorded an 18 percent drop in profits in the second half of 2024. This is likely one of the reasons why Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran plans to leave his post in October. Nevertheless, Air New Zealand recently had to deal with a bout of racism . The reason: Foran's successor, Nikhil Ravishankar, is an Indian native.
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