Ryanair has filed legal proceedings in Poland, claiming over €3,000 in damages against a passenger who disrupted a flight in January, causing it to be diverted.
The airline said that the passenger caused the flight travelling between Berlin and Marrakesh to be re-routed to Seville, where it landed, and the passenger was offloaded.
“As a result of an individual passenger’s disruptive behaviour, causing €3,000 in damages, we have now filed civil proceedings to recover these costs from this passenger,” said a spokesperson for the airline.
In addition, Ryanair said it has issued the passenger in this case with a five-year travel ban and has reported him to the Guardia Civil.
This legal action is the latest in a recent string of court proceedings filed by the airline, as the Irish carrier takes a stronger stance against disruptive passengers.
A Ryanair passenger was fined €2,000 by a court in Malta on March 28, 2025, after the passenger had been smoking onboard a Ryanair flight travelling from Cologne to Malta. Earlier in March, the airline also filed a criminal case through the Spanish courts against a “verbally abusive” passenger who claimed to be a UN diplomat with diplomatic immunity. The passenger was travelling Lanzarote to Santiago on January 17, 2025.
The airline again reaffirmed its “zero tolerance” approach towards passenger misconduct, with the airline's CEO Michael O'Leary having repeatedly called for a two-drink limit in airport bars to curb disruptive behaviour.