Japan's ANA seeks voluntary layoffs and 30% pay cut

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ANA jets at Tokyo's Haneda Airport: The proposed monthly pay cuts would be the first in 20 years to affect rank-and-file employees. (Photo by Akiyoshi Inoue)

MASASHI ISAWA and ERI SUGIURA, Nikkei staff writers

October 7, 2020 20:52 JST

Updated on October 7, 2020 22:08 JST

TOKYO -- All Nippon Airways has proposed to lay off staff as it tries to cut costs in the face of the global travel slump, Nikkei learned on Wednesday.