Flight compensation Ryanair:
Porto — Lisbon

Your entitlement: Ryanair flight from Porto to Lisbon

The flight OPO → LIS by Ryanair suffered an incident? Delay, cancellation or overbooking, you may be entitled to a legal payout.

Seize this entitlement: the Ryanair flight Porto → Lisbon (277 km) entitles you to 250€ compensation under EU regulation.

Why are you entitled to 250 €?

The European Regulation EC 261/2004 is very strict regarding air passenger rights. The amount of fixed compensation does not depend on the price of your ticket, but only on the flight distance.

Good to know? Even if Ryanair is a airline based outside the EU, if the flight takes off from Porto, CE 261 applies in full.

How to know if the flight Ryanair Porto - Lisbon is eligible?

Be sure to retain your boarding pass for the Ryanair OPO→LIS flight. They constitute the essential proof of your presence on board.

In the case of a flight suppression, if you were informed fewer than two weeks before your departure from Porto, the CE 261 applies equally.

What are the conditions for Ryanair to compensate you?

• Delay at arrival: You arrived with more than 3 hours delay at Lisbon.
• Cancellation: The airline cancelled the flight less than 14 days before departure.
• Overbooking: You were denied boarding against your will at Porto airport.
• Airline responsibility: The problem must be attributable to Ryanair (technical problem, sick crew, scheduling...).

The impact of a strike on your Ryanair compensation

A strike action by Ryanair's flight staff is deemed part of the normal activity of the carrier and no longer constitutes a valid excuse to refuse the 250€.

An specialist firm can easily identify whether the strike that impacted your Ryanair Porto→Lisbon flight is an internal or external cause.

What are your rights at Porto airport in case of prolonged wait?

Here is what Ryanair owes you if your flight is delayed at Porto: refreshments and food adapted to waiting time, two free communications, and a hotel night if the flight is pushed to the next day.

In case of a overnight flight delay, the regulation requires that lodging and transport to and from Porto are entirely at the carrier's expense.

Steps: how to get your 250 € from Ryanair?

The battle to recover 250€ from Ryanair starts with sending a formal complaint. {Without a response within 6 weeks|If Ryanair doesn't reply}, court action is the next step.

By entrusting your OPO-LIS case to our experts, you benefit from the "no result, no charge" principle (you only pay if you win).

How long does it take to get the 250 € compensation?

Many claimants wait more than half a year for a response from Ryanair. An specialist can cut the delay considerably.

Digital tools now make it possible to monitor the status of your claim against Ryanair via an app. Short-haul cases are often resolved more quickly.

What to do faced with silence or refusal from the airline?

Data shows that a majority of first rejections from Ryanair don't hold up when challenged by a documented counter-claim. Don't stop at the first hurdle.

If you are confident of your eligibility, you can approach the national aviation body of the departure country, or better still, escalate the case to court with a specialist legal counsel.