Featured as part of the schedule; released to date by the low-cost airline, is a pair of new routes from Doncaster Sheffield to Dublin and Dusseldorf, and an inaugural Rome Flumincino service from Cardiff.

Also included in the schedule is an Edinburgh to Bergerac service; links from Exeter to Bergerac and Rennes; a route from Newquay to London Gatwick and services from Manchester to a number of destinations including La Rochelle, Lyons, Rennes and Toulouse.

Birmingham and Southampton will also operate a number of Flybe service with both terminals offering Bastia, Bergerac, Nantes, Lyons, and Rennes.

Bookings are currently available for travel between March 26 and September 9, 2017.

Vincent Hodder, Flybe’s chief revenue officer said: “We appreciate that many of our customers plan their next summer holidays well in advance to take advantage of the lowest possible fares.

“This is why we have put a preliminary selection some of our most popular leisure routes on sale early, including some of our summer sun routes and those to regional France. This is by no means our complete summer schedule, the full details of which will be released shortly.”