Air Malta was given a clean bill of health in an EU report, published today, which found that 15 airlines and 22 internet sites selling airline tickets online continue to dupe consumers with misleading offers.

The survey was conducted after an EU "enforcement investigation" in September 2007. As a result of that survey 115 airline websites out of the 137 websites investigated were corrected.

A new "health check" process started last March on 67 major airlines.

The commission said that among the points consumers still needed to look out for were unclear price information, whereby extra non-optional charges were added throughout the booking process, sometimes at the end.

Other problems could include contract terms written in a different language, prices given in an unfamiliar currency and no indication of how to contact the website making the offer.

Iberia, SAS and TAP, Finnair, Air Malta amd Tarom were among those receiving a clean bill of health from Brussels.

Lufthansa, Alitalia, Air Lingus, Austrian Airlines, Lot, Brussels airlines, Swiss, Ryanair and Easyjet were on the list of those airlines which have promised to correct existing problems.

Air France-KLM and British Airways were among airlines which did not make it on to either list, although no reason was given