Prestwick Airport has received some unexpected visitors as aviation companies across the globe seek places to park their planes.

Virgin Atlantic aircraft have landed at Prestwick Airport as the coronavirus hits the aviation industry. 

It is understood at least two huge Airbus planes parked up at the Ayrshire airport recently and it is understood other aircraft could arrive.

There is the potential for the airport to become a parking lot as airlines need space for out of service planes with nowhere to go.  

The Virgin A340-600 series is one of the longest civil aircraft ever made and normally flies from Heathrow to the US. 

Spotters have been taking shots of the recently landed planes.

Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson asked staff to take eight weeks unpaid leave as a result of the travel ban following the pandemic.

The airline plans to ground 80 per cent of its fleet.

Ryanair, which flies from Prestwick, has also been cancelling most of it flights.