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A Luton-based budget airline has named one of its aircraft after a female aviation pioneer in a bid to boost the number of women pilots on its books even further after doubling their number in the past year.

Now, 14% of the world's female air captains fly out of the airport and budget airline Easyjet wants to encourage more women to become pilots.

The company has named an aircraft Amy Johnson in honour of the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia.

Chief executive Carolyn McCall said at the naming: "Every woman captain could fit into an A380 aircraft and that's not many."