All Asiana Airlines employees to take unpaid leave amid virus crisis

Asiana Airlines said Tuesday all of its employees will take unpaid leave as air travel demand has plummeted due to the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Some of about 10,500 employees are set to take 10 days of unpaid leave starting Wednesday. Others will join the cost-cutting measure later in a way that does not affect flights. Asiana had 4,078 crew members as of Feb 1, accounting for 39% of its total workforce of 10,538, according to the airline. Asiana also said it will cut wages of its CE, executives and heads of departments by 40%, 30% and 20%, respectively. "We are desperately trying to come up with and implement measures to overcome a crisis of a massive operating loss this year," Asiana CE Han Chang-soo said. <br/>