Luton-based EasyJet to ground majority of fleet due to coronavirus

EasyJet has announced it will ground most of its aircraft due to travel restrictions and a collapse in demand caused by the coronavirus.

The Luton-based carrier said it will park "the majority of its fleet" from Tuesday.

It will only run "essential services", which will be up to 10% of its usual capacity and mainly involve flights serving UK airports.

EasyJet pledged to continue to operate rescue flights to repatriate stranded passengers, but it expects most of those to be completed by Monday.