- Ryanair ranked third least likely airline to pay disputed compensation claims with a score of 34.2.
- Of Ryanair’s 991 qualified claims, 21 were resolved and 176 sent to court.
- Easyjet ranked sixth with 0.3pc of claims resolved without being contested.
- Wizz Air ranked third most likely not to contest a claim with 72.7pc resolved.
- TAP Air Portugal topped the ranking with 93.0pc of disputed claims without question
Ryanair has ranked third least honest airline for paying passenger compensation in AirAdvisor’s 2026 Honesty Score according to Canadian-based activist body AirAdvisor.
Ranking airlines on how many settled disputed claims and how many contested them, AirAdviros concluded that Ryanair’s 991 assessed claims, just 21 were resolved without being questioned and 176 were sent to court, giving a score of 34.2 out of 100. Easyjet ranked sixth most likely to contest claims with 0.3pc of its 286 qualified claims successfully resolved.
British Airways ranked 12th of 22 with 40.7pc of qualified claims successfully resolved and none sent to court. Wizz Air ranked third with 72.7pc of qualified claims successfully resolved and payment in 11.4 days on average. TAP Air Portugal topped the ranking with a score of 93.0 while Romania’s TAROM came last with almost half of its qualified claims sent to court.
The analysis examined 68,283 passenger claims filed between January and June 2026. The ranking assessed what happened after passengers submitted a valid claim. KLM handled the largest number of claims in the study at 1,314 and sent only three to court.
