All Ryanair flights now operate with allocated seats, allowing passengers to choose their preferred seats in advance.

The seat can be selected either when booking or when checking-in online.

Premium seats (rows 1-5, 16, 17, 32 and 33) give customers priority boarding, extra legroom and/or faster disembarking for €10.

Standard seats (rows 6-15 and 18-31) allow customers to pre-select their preferred window or aisle seats or ensure that they sit together for €5.

Customers who do not wish to pre-select their seats can check-in between seven days to two hours prior to their flight and they will be assigned a seat at no cost.

Those who have already purchased priority boarding for flights departing after February 1 can select a standard seat free of charge when checking-in online.

Ryanair’s marketing manager for Malta, Luis Fernández-Mellado, said: “We are listening to our customers and responding, so that they can continue to enjoy the lowest fares and most on-time flights, while benefitting recent improvements to our industry-leading customer service.”

These include the allowance for a second free small carry-on bag, ‘quiet flights’ early in the morning and reduced bag fees.

“Further improvements are set to be rolled out over the coming weeks and months,” Mr Fernández-Mellado said.