Low-cost airline easyJet, the dominant carrier at Nice Airport, is adding a three-times-a-week flight to Porto from October 30. The route will operate in the winter season only, ending on March 30, 2019.

The UK-based airline is also adding two additional flights each week to Nantes and Bordeaux, and a further flight to Marrakech.

Reginald Otten, easyJet’s deputy general manager in France, said: “Nice is an important base for us, we expect a growth in capacity of nearly 10 percent this winter, with 145,000 new seats.”