Compensation for Ryanair flight delays or cancellations

Ryanair flight delays or cancellations

For Ryanair flight delays or cancellations, you may be entitled to compensation up to 600€ under EU law EC 261. You are eligible for compensation if your flight was delayed for more than 3 hours.

We can claim compensation on behalf of you. We charge a 25% success fee + VAT (no VAT for residents outside of the EU) on a successful claim.

Ryanair Passengers’ Right to Compensation

Traveling life is not as easy as we think. While traveling, things don’t go according to our plans, such as irregular flights, i.e., delayed or canceled. Thanks to EC Regulation 261/2004, which provides some benefits in such a situation.

Was your Ryanair flight delayed or canceled?

Under EU law EC 261, you could be entitled to compensation.

For Ryanair flight delays of more than three hours at the final destination or Ryanair flight cancellations without prior notice of at least 2 weeks, you could claim compensation up to 600€ (i.e., up to $700) as per EU 261 rule.

Furthermore, inconvenience due to overbooking, missed connecting flights due to delay or cancellation, or flight route changes are other problems under which you can claim compensation.

We here at ClaimFlights, take you through all the information you need to know about When and How to Claim Compensation.

We will help you determine whether you are eligible for compensation and how much you can claim.

Check how much you can claim using our free flight compensation calculator. Provide some basic details such as Ryanair’s flight number, flight date, and the reason behind the inconvenience and file a claim.

Ryanair flight delay compensation

For Ryanair flight delays of more than three hours at the final destination, you are entitled to compensation up to 600€ under the EU law.

You could claim Ryanair flight delay compensation under the following conditions …

1. you reached the final destination later than 3 hours
2. the departure or arrival airport belongs to an EU member state airport
3. and, the delay was not due to extraordinary circumstances

Note: Extraordinary circumstances are events beyond the control of the airlines, such as extreme weather, tsunami, coronavirus, or some ‘Act of God’. Thus, you are not eligible to claim.

How much can you claim for Ryanair flight delays?

The amount of compensation varies from 250€ to 600€. It depends upon the route distance and the length of the delay.

The table below clarifies, how much you can claim for Ryanair delayed flight.

Ryanair Airlines departure delays

If Ryanair flight delays for more than two hours, passengers are entitled to ‘Right to Care’ assistance.

For 5+ Hours of Flight Delays

Ryanair denied boarding rights

If you were denied boarding due to overbooking, you could be eligible for compensation under EU law.

What is Overbooking?

Overbooking is when an airline sells more tickets than there are seats on the plane. They are allowed to do this because passengers sometimes don’t show up at the airport.

If everyone arrives at the airport, they are forced to leave someone behind. And, if it happened to you, you could claim compensation.

Whereas to claim compensation …

• it is necessary for you to not give up your seat voluntarily in exchange for some vouchers,
• the departure or arrival airport belongs to the EU member states

If you were offered an alternate flight of your choice but reached the destination later than two hours, you could ask for compensation.

Useful Information about Ryanair Airlines

Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline that started in 1985. It became one of the most popular airlines all over Europe. It holds the record of being the largest and busiest airline.

Ryanair is headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland, and has primary bases at Dublin and London Stansted Airport.

Ryanair started its operation to fly from Waterford to London Gatwick on a 15-seater aircraft. In 1986, they got permission to start their services from London to Dublin.

Due to its low cost, it became the most extensive carrier that carried 82,000 passengers in-between these routes during its first operational year.

Ryanair was able to obtain the rights of operating the scheduled services in the European states in 1992. This opportunity brought a lot of chances for Ryanair Airlines to grow.