SOUTHAMPTON Airport has revealed its second new airline in as many days.
Dutch carrier KLM will begin flights to Amsterdam in May next year.
It comes 24 hours after Irish airline Aer Lingus was revealed to be starting a service between Southampton and Cork.
KLM will also be offering connections from it's main international hub in Amsterdam, meaning it will be possible to use the service from Southampton to connect with major destinations across the world.
As well as the new routes from Aer Lingus and KLM, the airport's largest airline, Flybe won funding from the government to operate new services between Southampton Airport and Lyon and Munich.
The airline was one 11 successful bidders to receive support from the UK Government’s Regional Air Connectivity Fund.
This start-up aid bidding competition was open to airports with fewer than five million passengers per year and allows air routes that are not currently commercially viable today to be introduced early, giving time for airlines to build passenger numbers and deliver a more sustainable service.
It is anticipated that flights will begin in spring 2016.
Flybe have yet to produce a schedule or prices for the new flights.
A spokesman for the company said: “Flybe is delighted to have been awarded Regional Air Connectivity Fund support by the Government for a number of new regional routes.
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