3 years from yesterday the 1st of June Flybe opened their Embraer jet base at Cardiff Airport starting with 1 aircraft at the beginning of June and the 2nd aircraft at the beginning of September. 3 years later the base now consists of 3 aircraft and 17 routes.
https://twitter.com/Cardiff_Airport/status/1002490087035363328
The original 11 routes were Belfast City, Cork, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Faro, Glasgow, Jersey, Milan, Munich and Paris CDG.