EasyJet has grounded its entire fleet indefinitely after ending repatriation flights for people stranded by the coronavirus outbreak.
The budget carrier had operated more than 650 rescue flights carrying more than 45,000 customers, the last of which landed on Sunday. It said it would lay on extra rescue flights if asked to by governments.
Easyjet also announced it had agreed after talks with the Unite trade union to pay furloughed cabin crew 80% of their wages with help from the Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
It said it could not give a date for restarting commercial flights. In a statement, it said it was looking to save cash on "non-critical expenditure" and that grounding its aircraft would help with this.
CEO Johan Lundgren said: "I am extremely proud of the way in which people across easyJet have given their absolute best at such a challenging time, including so many crew who have volunteered to operate rescue flights to bring our customers home. We are working tirelessly to ensure that easyJet continues to be well positioned to overcome the challenges of coronavirus."
