The south's travellers have been snapping up seats on flights to be operated by the region's new low-cost, no frills airline buzz.

In the first week, more than 4,000 seats have been sold on routes from Bournemouth Airport to Amsterdam, Belfast, Bergerac, Glasgow-Prestwick, Malaga, Murcia and Paris.

The Spanish destinations of Malaga and Murcia, together with Bergerac in France, are currently the most popular routes.

Tony Camacho, chief commercial officer for the Dutch-owned carrier, commented: " The reaction and support we have had from people living in and around the airport has been fantastic.

"People on the south coast are obviously making the most of our competitive fares, which give them easy access to Scotland, Northern Ireland and a network of European destinations.

"This is just the start of our plans for Bournemouth.

"In the next year we will continue to expand and develop our destination portfolio which will position Bournemouth as one of the UK's leading low cost bases.''

The airline will begin operating in and out of Bournemouth from March of next year.

The company, which has already been ranked as the UK's third largest low-cost airline, has had a phenomenal reaction to the launch of its second base in Bournemouth.

As well as five European routes, buzz will be flying to two domestic destinations, seeing the south coast benefit for the first time from low-cost fares to Scotland and Northern Ireland at a fraction of the price of British Airways.