Sale on cheap flights

Ryanair yesterday announced it was offering "free fares", excluding taxes and charges.

Announcing the January seat sale, Bridget Dowling, Ryanair's sales and marketing manager for southern Europe, said:

"Ryanair's New Year resolution is to keep its fares fighting fit and while our prices have always been the slimmest in the business, the trimmed down free fares now on offer beat them all.

"These New Year fares are available for booking from midnight tonight on routes from Malta to Pisa, London (Luton) and Dublin (the Malta-Dublin route will start on February 8) and we advise passengers to get onto www.ryanair.com straight away, because our fares won't stay this slim for long!" 

The booking period is from today until midnight on Thursday (January 11) while the travel period is between January 13 and March 24.

This offer is not valid between February 9 and 17 to and from the UK, between February 16 and 27 and between March 15 and 20 to and from Ireland.

An advance purchase of seven days is required and the offer is applicable from Mondays to Thursdays.