The regional airline will offer 120 flights per week next winter to eight destinations with Dublin services rising to 38 per week, Edinburgh going up to 36 weekly flights and Paris Charles de Gaulle up to 16 frequencies between 27 October and 28 March 2020.

Flybe’s schedule from Cardiff also includes seasonal routes to the winter sports gateway airports of Chambery and Geneva, both starting on 14 December.

The airline is also to add more flights from Cardiff to both Belfast City and Edinburgh over the Christmas and New Year festive period.

Roy Kinnear, Flybe’s chief commercial officer, said: “Our regional network offers lots of opportunity for making onward connections with our codeshare partners and others at key hub airports.

“This makes it easy for our customers to travel to and from Cardiff from an airport close to where they live, saving valuable time, effort and money.”