After months of preparations, Air Malta's first Fare 4U low cost, no frills flight to London Stansted took off yesterday with 134 seats sold out of the 144 available.

Air Malta's chief operating officer, Joe Cappello, said recently that three quarters of the Fare 4U flights are already sold for the next three months and a number of peak flights for July and August are full.

Mr Cappello said that given the preliminary results, Air Malta was actively considering increasing this service to a daily one after the summer season.

The three times weekly flights depart Malta every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9 p.m. Malta time and return to Malta the next day at 5 a.m.

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