Hong Kong airline Cathay asking 27,000 staff to take unpaid leave, says CEO | Malay Mail

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HONG KONG, Feb 5 — Hong Kong’s flagship carrier Cathay Pacific is asking its 27,000 employees to take up to three weeks of unpaid leave, CEO Augustus Tang said today, as the airline faces a crisis in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak. “I am hoping all of you will participate, from our...

Wednesday, 05 Feb 2020 04:38 PM MYT

“I am hoping all of you will participate, from our frontline employees to our senior leaders, and share in our current challenges,” Tang said in a video message posted online. Instead dozens of international carriers have reduced or suspended flights to China in a bid to halt the pathogen’s spread and as passenger numbers fall off a cliff.In his video message to employees, Tang warned Cathay was experiencing “one of the most difficult Chinese New Year holidays we have ever had” because of the virus.

 

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