EASYJET are grounding the majority of their fleet next week until further notice.
The low-cost airline is the latest to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Repatriation flights would continue until March 23, with most of the aircraft grounded by March 24.
Ryanair announced earlier this week that they would be grounding their entire fleet on March 24 also.
EasyJet said they would be operating a “minimal schedule of essential services” with a maximum of 10 per cent capacity., and would review the schedule on a weekly basis.
Johan Lundgren, easyJet CEO, said: “These are unprecedented times for the airline industry. We know how important it is for customers to get home and so are continuing to operate rescue flights over the coming days to repatriate them.
“Significantly reducing our flying programme is the right thing to do when many countries have issued advice to their citizens not to travel unless it is essential and the aircraft groundings will also remove significant levels of variable costs at a time when this remains crucial.”
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