Ryanair flight delay claim

If you have suffered a disruption with Ryanair since 26th July 2016, the below applies to you.

On the 26th July 2016, Ryanair amended their Terms of Carriage to include the following clause:

‘Passengers must submit claims directly to Ryanair and allow Ryanair 28 days or such time as prescribed by applicable law (whichever is the lesser) to respond directly to them before engaging third parties to claim on their behalf’.

If you booked your flight following the 26th July 2016 then you have agreed to this term as such, you should contact Ryanair directly to obtain their position of liability. Please click here to view our guide on submitting your claim to Ryanair.

About Ryanair

Ryanair is the Irish low-cost airlines that has dominated the short haul flight sector. Flying to a number of regional and European destinations. Love them or hate them they are very rarely beaten on price. Run by the flamboyant Michael OLeary whos contempt for passengers is well documented the airline focuses on flying into regional airports close to large cities. Its definition of close is debatable with some airports being up to 80 miles from the city they claim to serve.

Baggage charges and allowances seem to change on a monthly basis as do penalties for forgotten tickets and misspelt names. Ryanair makes more money from "additional services" such as baggage, seat allocation and priority boarding than it does from the flights themselves.

Every effort made by the airline to make it more "customer friendly" is usually outdone in subsequent months by a new charge. Standing seats and £1 to use the toilets are recent innovations touted by the airline to generate more income from its long suffering passengers.

RyanAir destinations

A Coruña
Aalborg
Aarhus
Aberdeen
Agadir
Alghero
Alicante
Almería
Amman
Amsterdam
Ancona
Aqaba
Athens
Baden-Baden
Banja Luka
Barcelona
Bari
Basel
Belfast
Bergerac
Berlin
Berlin
Béziers
Biarritz
Bilbao
Billund
Birmingham
Bodrum
Bologna
Bonn
Bordeaux
Bournemouth
Bratislava
Bremen
Brest
Brindisi
Bristol
Brive-la-Gaillarde
Brno
Brussels
Bucharest
Budapest
Burgas
Bydgoszcz
Cagliari
Carcassonne
Cardiff
Casablanca
Castellón
Catania
Cephalonia
Chania
Charleroi
Ciudad Real
Clermont-Ferrand
Cluj
Cologne
Comiso
Copenhagen
Corfu
Cork
Craiova
Crotone
Cuneo
Dalaman
Deauville
Derry
Dinard
Dole
Dortmund
Dublin
Dubrovnik
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
East Midlands
Edinburgh
Eilat
Eindhoven
Essaouira
Exeter
Faro
Fez
Figari
Frankfurt
Frankfurt-Hahn
Freiburg
Fuerteventura
Galway
Gda?sk
Geneva
Genoa
Girona
Glasgow
Glasgow
Gothenburg
Graz
Grenoble
Halle
Hamburg
Hamburg
Hanover
Haugesund
Heraklion
Ibiza
Innsbruck
Jerez de la Frontera
Kalamata
Karlsruhe
Katowice
Kaunas
Kerry
Kiev
Knock
Kos
Košice
Kraków
La Rochelle
Lamezia Terme
Lanzarote
Lappeenranta
Larnaca
Las Palmas
Leeds / Bradford
Leipzig
Lille
Limoges
Linz
Lisbon
Liverpool
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London
London
London
London
Lorient
Lourdes
Lublin
Luqa
Luxembourg City
Lviv
Lyon
Maastricht
Madrid
Málaga
Malmö
Manchester
Marrakesh
Marseille
Memmingen
Menorca
Milan
Milan
Montpellier
Mulhouse
Munich
Münster
Murcia
Mykonos
Nador
Nantes
Naples
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newquay
Nice
Nîmes
Niš
Nuremberg
Olbia
Olsztyn
Oradea
Osijek
Oslo
Oslo
Ostend
Ostrava
Oujda
Paderborn
Palanga
Palermo
Palma de Mallorca
Paphos
Pardubice
Paris
Paris
Parma[1][12]
Perpignan
Perugia
Pescara
Pisa
Plovdiv
Podgorica
Poitiers
Ponta Delgada
Porto
Pozna?
Prague
Pula
Rabat
Reus
Rhodes
Riga
Rijeka
Rimini
Rodez
Rome
Rome
Rzeszów
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Malo
Salzburg
Santander
Santiago de Compostela
Santorini
Seville
Shannon
Sofia
Split
Stockholm
Stockholm
Strasbourg
Stuttgart
Szczecin
Tallinn
Tampere
Tangier
Tarbes
Tel Aviv
Tenerife
Tenerife
Terceira Island
Thessaloniki
Tillé
Timi?oara
Toulouse
Tours
Trapani
Trieste
Turin
Valencia
Valladolid
Valletta
Varna
Växjö
Venice
Venice 
Verona
Vienna
Vigo
Vilnius
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Warsaw
Warsaw
Waterford
Wroc?aw
Zadar
Zaragoza
Zurich

Ryanair Delayed or Cancelled Flights Claims FAQ

As with all airlines that fly to so many destinations and carry millions of passengers Ryanair is always susceptible to flight delays and cancellations. If you have been delayed on a flight flown by Ryanair then under EU Regulation 261/2004 you are entitled to compensation for your delayed flight, missed connection or if you have been denied boarding by Ryanair.

Use our free flight checker at the top/bottom and side of this page to start your claim. You don't need any information to start your claim apart from the date of your Ryanair flight.

When can I claim compensation from Ryanair?

In accordance to EU Regulation 261/ 2004 passengers are entitled to compensation if they have encounted a flight delay of over 3 hours or if their flight has been cancelled. If you have been denied boarding due to over booking or miss a connection then you are also eligible for compensation.

What are the criteria to claim against Ryanair?

Your flight needs to fulfill some the following criteria:

• Your flight was from an airport within Europe with ANY AIRLINE
• Your flight was to an airport within Europe on a European airline
• Your flight was delayed at least three hours
• Your flight was cancelled
• Your flight was full and you were denied boarding
• Your delay caused you to miss a connecting flight and you didnt arrive at your final destination within 3 hours of the expected arrival time.

Who is allowed to make a claim?

Anyone is allowed to make a flight delay claim. You can also claim for your travelling companions.

Ryanair Flight Delays

24/04/2025 - flight RK1265 from Al Massira Airport to Manchester Airport

24/04/2025 - flight FR2899 from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Manchester Airport

23/04/2025 - flight FR5289 from Palanga International Airport to Dublin Airport

22/04/2025 - flight FR142 from Dublin Airport to London Gatwick Airport

22/04/2025 - flight FR144 from Berlin Brandenburg Airport U.C. to London Stansted Airport

21/04/2025 - flight FR8852 from Malta International Airport to London Stansted Airport

20/04/2025 - flight FR804 from Ireland West Knock Airport to London Stansted Airport

19/04/2025 - flight RK7870 from London Stansted Airport to Menara Airport

19/04/2025 - flight RK3227 from Sandefjord Airport, Torp to Manchester Airport

18/04/2025 - flight FR5624 from Manchester Airport to Pisa International Airport

13/04/2025 - flight FR7037 from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Dublin Airport

12/04/2025 - flight FR3704 from Lisbon Portela Airport to Birmingham International Airport

12/04/2025 - flight RK1145 from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport U.C.

12/04/2025 - flight RK768 from Cork Airport to Manchester Airport

12/04/2025 - flight FR714 from Lisbon Portela Airport to London Stansted Airport

10/04/2025 - flight FR9176 from Ibiza Airport to Dublin Airport

09/04/2025 - flight FR7805 from Athens International Airport to London Luton Airport

09/04/2025 - flight FR1390 from Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport to Dublin Airport

09/04/2025 - flight FR1391 from Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport to Dublin Airport

09/04/2025 - flight FR9076 from Diagoras Airport Rhodes to Manchester Airport