AIRLINE easyJet is to close its East Midlands base and reduce services at Luton airport by 20%, it announced today.

AIRLINE easyJet is to close its East Midlands base and reduce services at Luton airport by 20%, it announced today.

The low-fare carrier also said it would be consulting on a reduction of the number of flight crew at Belfast, Bristol, Newcastle and Stansted airports.

EasyJet said flights to and from East Midlands airport up to the end of the year are “wholly unaffected”.