Ryanair will launch flights to Malta from Belfast Airport, from where it will have 12 routes in total next winter.
The airline said it was planning to grow passenger numbers from the airport by 85% to 1.3 million a year.
It said its summer flights from Belfast are attracting record bookings following the addition of more frequencies.
Also for next winter, Ryanair is launching a twice-weekly service from Bristol to Bucharest.















