Belgian regional carrier VLM Airlines is to take on the Birmingham-Waterford air route - .
The airline will start the service from April 27 with flights four times a week on Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays and Sundays.
VLM said the Birmingham-Waterford service would complement its Waterford-London Luton route, which starts on the same day.
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The development is good news for Birmingham Airport, following an announcement by Flybe at the beginning of February that it was axeing seven services.
The shock move meant the airport lost five destinations from its roster - Norwegian capital Oslo, Porto, Toulouse, Ireland West and Waterford.
Flybe is also scrapping its routes to Hamburg and Perpignan from Birmingham, although flights to those cities are available with other operators.
Arthur White, CEO of VLM Airlines said: “Adding the Waterford-Birmingham route to our expanding network is another example of VLM listening to what passengers want.
“With these new scheduled flights we are continuing to focus on business and leisure travellers, providing them with fast, practical connections between the cities.”
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The news was welcomed by both Waterford and Birmingham airports.
Desmond O’Flynn, CEO of Waterford Airport said: “We are delighted that VLM will continue the highly successful Birmingham service which has operated at the airport for many years.
“The provision of this service will further enhance VLM’s arrival at Waterford and reinforce its presence in the airport’s surrounding catchment in the south east of Ireland.”
Birmingham Airport’s CEO Paul Kehoe added: “This new four-times weekly service between Birmingham and Waterford is a welcome addition to our existing network of flights to Ireland.
“Due to the strong links between the two regions and the choice offered to passengers, allowing them to return the same day, we’re confident this new route will prove to be very popular with the business and leisure market.”
Flybe pledged there would be no job losses as a result of the changes it announced and said it was also introducing two new routes to Biarritz and Corsica.
At the time a spokesperson for the airport said it was in discussions with other airlines in a bid to continue services to the five destinations affected by the Flybe move.
She said: “We are continually discussing routes with partner airlines and hope to be able to fill Flybe’s cancelled routes.”