New routes to Hamburg and Oslo have been added to the winter roster at Birmingham Airport as part of Flybe plans to transport 100,000 more people a year from the city.
Daily flights to the two destinations form part of new schedules from Flybe, the biggest operator at the airport, from October 26 until March 27.
The firm has also announced it will extend to year-round on six of the new routes it is operating this summer.
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Flybe will continue to operate up to 28 weekly flights to Cologne, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Florence and Oporto.
Due to the popularity of its summer twilight flights to Reykjavik, it’s also moving this three times a week service to daytime flying from October 26.
The move is estimated to result in Flybe carrying an additional 100,000 passengers a year at Birmingham Airport.
Flybe already connects more than 1.5 million passengers a year from Birmingham.
Mr Kochak said the latest news demonstrates the firm’s commitment to the airport, and offering an alternative to long road or rail journeys to south east hub airports.
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In total, Flybe will operate up to 350 flights a week from Birmingham on 26 routes as part of its 2014-15 winter schedule.
Fred Kochak, Flybe’s 海角视频 routes director, said: “We said we would be investing in a major way at Birmingham and it is now our largest ever base.
“Today’s announcement gives additional weight to that commitment and I’m delighted that, as a result of the Flybe route assessment model, we have been able to add even more destinations as well as choice for our Midlands’ business and leisure passengers.”
William Pearson, Birmingham Airport’s aviation development director, said: “Oslo is a new destination for us and we’re very pleased that Flybe is recognising the need to serve these markets and satisfy demand to give business and leisure travellers the destinations that they want from Birmingham Airport.”