South Korea's Asiana Airlines Inc said on Friday its provisional consolidated operating loss for the January-March quarter was 292 billion won ($237 million), after the aviation industry was hit by the coronavirus crisis.

The loss at South Korea's second-largest airline compares to a 7.2 billion won operating profit in the same quarter last year.

($1 = 1,230.1900 won)

(Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Edmund Blairr)