I found this article in relation to the flights to Cyprus:
"Route development director Bernard Berger said: "Our flight length has been growing. We launched Dublin-Malta this month, which takes three hours 50 minutes. But our average sector length remains short. We may fly to Cyprus, although not necessarily from the UK. "
Here's the link:
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/09/21/1919404.htm