$99 tickets sold out in two hours

Local airline Mega Maldives has said that its tickets priced at $99, under a promotion to launch its flights to Malaysia, have sold out in less than two hours.

Public Relations Manager of Mega Maldives Aminath Shayan told Sun Online that the sale of 99 return tickets for $99 began at 9:00 a.m., and were sold out soon afterwards. She said that tickets priced at $250, under the same promotion, have also been sold out.

Under this promotion, passengers can travel to Malaysia on 26, 27, and 31 December 2014, and return before 20 January 2015.

Shayan said that people started queuing up as early as 1:30 a.m. outside H. Sakeena Manzil, where the Mega Maldives office is located.