FLYBE have confirmed their winter schedule from Bournemouth Airport will include six routes across the UK and Europe.

It comes just days after airport bosses revealed passenger numbers are expected to rise at the airport this winter, thanks to a number of new flights.

Flybe's winter routes this year will include Amsterdam, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Dublin, Glasgow, Jersey and Manchester.

There will be 82 flights a week between October 25 and March 26, 2016.

This will be the first winter of operations from Bournemouth for the airline, which opened its new base from Hurn in May this year with two 78-seat aircraft.

And the schedule includes two flights a day to Glasgow, daily flights to Jersey and a twice daily flight to Manchester.

Paul Knight, managing director, Bournemouth Airport, said: "We are pleased to see Flybe’s year-round commitment to Bournemouth Airport which offer a choice of routes for short break holidays this winter, plus day return trips to Glasgow and Manchester."

As a result of Flybe's schedule and other airlines winter flights, passenger numbers are expected to rise by 50 per cent this year.

Thomson and Ryanair will be flying to the Canary Islands, as well as Malaga, Alicante, and Cyprus throughout November.

EasyJet will be going to Geneva six times a week from mid-December, while Crystal Ski's weekly flight to Turin will return a few days later.

Last week, Manchester Airports Group, owner of Bournemouth Airport, revealed passenger numbers had stayed steady this year at 700,000.

They are expected to "significantly increase" this year, said the group's annual report.