British Airways has announced it will fly from Belfast City Airport to Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford and Newquay after the routes were hit by the collapse of airline Stobart Air.
he airline said it will be running 18 flights a week in total to the destinations using its regional CityFlyer service.
The Exeter and Leeds routes began on Wednesday, while the link to Newquay in Cornwall takes off next month, with Glasgow following in August.
British Airways’ sister airline Aer Lingus has also taken over three other ex-Stobart routes from Belfast to Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham.
Services between Belfast and London City and London Heathrow airports operated by British Airways will continue.
Stobart Air formerly ran Aer Lingus’ regional services with a total of 12 routes from Belfast.
It is now being liquidated after failing to find a buyer.
Flights from Dublin were also hit.
Tom Stoddart, managing director of BA CityFlyer, said:…