Emirates pays more pilots and hospitality crews on Wednesday, on the second day of the company’s layoffs.

According to Reuters, three sources in Emirates Airlines said the company had demobilized hundreds of pilots and hospitality crews on Tuesday in an effort to avoid a liquidity crisis caused by the pandemic of the Corona virus. p>

A Emirates Airlines spokeswoman declined to comment after the company announced on Tuesday the layoffs of some employees. No more details were available.

The sources said on Tuesday that more layoffs are expected this week, which includes pilots working on the Airbus A-380 and Boeing 777.

She added that the company had informed those who had been laid off that their jobs had become redundant.

The aviation sector is one of the sectors hardest hit by the repercussions of the Corona Virus outbreak as airlines around the world are laying off staff and seeking financial rescue from governments.

The company said the government in May that the Dubai government pledged to provide it with new liquidity will allow them to retain skilled labor force.

Since then, the company has stated that it may take four years to resume flights across its entire network of 157 international destinations that served it before the pandemic.

The company has conducted a limited number of flights, most of which have been out of the UAE since the flights stopped in March, but it is scheduled to resume a number of transit flights after the UAE lifted a comment This service this month.

Emirates Group, the government holding company that includes Emirates Airlines, has also laid off some workers in its dnata airport services company.