Coronavirus: Emirates airline asks pilots,cabin crew to take unpaid leave

Coronavirus: Emirates airline asks pilots,cabin crew to take unpaid leave

Dubai's Emirates airline, one of the world's biggest international airlines, is asking pilots and cabin crew to take unpaid leave, according to internal staff emails seen by Reuters, as the coronavirus outbreak hammers demand for travel.. "You are strongly encouraged to make use of this opportunity to volunteer for additional paid and unpaid leave," an email to pilots said.. Rival Qatar Airways laid off around 200 employees , all Filipino nationals based in Qatar, this week amid the coronavirus outbreak.. Qatar Airways, which employed 46,000 people at the end of March 2019, declined to comment.. The Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Airways came under fire on Friday for doubting the existence of the deadly coronavirus , an outbreak that the World Health Organization has labeled as a global pandemic ..