Japan’s ANA Airlines Furloughs 5,000 Cabin Crew Due to Outbreak

ANA Airlines aircraft at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. — ANA Airlines aircraft at Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg

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By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Go Onomitsu

March 19, 2020 at 10:29 AM UTC

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ANA Airlines, a unit of ANA Holdings Inc., is putting a third of its total workforce on temporary leave as passenger and flight volumes shrink during the global coronavirus pandemic.