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) In this file photo taken on June 12, 2018 a Boeing 747-8 aircraft of the German airline Lufthansa is pictured at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (AFP Photo)
Germany's largest airline Lufthansa announced a cost savings programme on Wednesday, including a suspension of new recruitment, to counter the business impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
"Among other things, all new hires planned for the airline will be reassessed, suspended or deferred to a later date," the company said in a statement, adding it was offering staff unpaid leave.
Lufthansa said it was impossible to estimate the impact of the measures on its earnings.
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