Top Ten Worst Airlines

The Top Ten
1 Ryanair

This airline is terrible and disgusting at the same time. They use no jetways, instead, they use their own stairs which actually should only be used when there's no other stairs advailable. Inside the plane, things only get worse: the terrible seats and the lights are yellow, the cabin does not get cleaned and the staff treat you like a slave. You can't even recline your seat, there's no IFE and the food is a disaster. Flying with Ryanair was the worst experience of my life. Also, the airline is wery dangerous: pilots don't fill no reserve up and in Spain, there was nearly a crash in Valencia because 3 Ryanair aircraft have sent a mayday because of low fuel.

Ryanair, like a lot of other airlines, has pros and cons. The obvious one being the extremely cheap fare prices. However, I understand how some people may find this airline in particular to be rather unpleasant - especially if you're travelling longer distances. For instance the colour of the cabin looks disgusting and hard on the eyes, and the fact that there are no seat pockets so there is nowhere to put your items (Good luck if you have motion sickness). Plus there is very little leg room which does makes sense since ryanair are a no-frills airline. And more likely than not, they fly to some obscure airports that are miles away from a major city - like London Stansted and Glasgow Prestwick. I've even watched a video on youtube and read news articles about people fighting, getting drunk, stag and hen parties getting out of control, impolite staff and an old lady getting racially abused by a man sitting next to her and she was forced to move seats, which wasn't fair on that poor woman's part whatsoever. Also I do think that those hidden fees that Ryanair are infamously known for are little bit of a stretch, however you can't complain too much since you get what you pay for. Cheap fares give you cheap service. Ryanair is not a premium airline.

This airline would be okay if you're flying to somewhere closer to home. But for somewhere that's far from the UK like Tenerife or Malta, I recommend that you fly with Easyjet. Their service is pretty decent for a budget airline. by the way, I've never personally flown with ryanair so I'm only basing my opinion on what I've heard about them. Maybe one day if have the chance to fly with them, my opinion will change.

2 Air India

Air India is definitely the worst in Asia if not the world. I being an Indian myself have never flown and never intend to either. YouTube videos and SKytrax reviews are enough proof of this airline's incompetence. Delays, poor safety record, horrible service, rude crew and what more do you need for a major disappointment? For all the wonderful folks in favour of the airline, please fly it first you're in for a treat (not)

Who are the idiots who have the audacity to say that Air India is amongst the worst airlines in the world. They need a kick on their back sides. Air India is one of the better airlines in the world with a very polite and Humble crew be it on land or in air. Their Pilots are amongst the best in the world. Am sure that some of those who hate the airline are either Chinese or Pakis or their sympathizers

Disgusting airlines. Crew is rude.. Planes stink and this is just not the typical Indian stench.. It's much worst.

This is wrong ranking for Air India
Air India is the best than all airlines in the world
The top 3 airlines-
1. Emirates
2.Air India
3.Air France

3 United Airlines

United is not a bad airline. It was the airport security's fault that the incident happened. United and Oscar Munoz are just convenient scapegoats for people to pin the blame on. The reason why people hate them is because of liberal news networks that portrayed the incident in a biased light. I have no problem with the memes, in fact I find them kind of funny. The hatebase is the real problem. The United hatebase is mostly filled with SJWs who think that everything is racist. I've flown United a few times and I haven't had any major problems. Give United a break. They've changed CEOs and, let's face it, they're not as bad as other airlines in the industry.

In my opinion, this airline should be much higher on this list. In June last year, they kept me stuck in Houston for nineteen hours on my way to Costa Rica and didn't even have a pilot available for the flight from Houston to San José. After our flight got cancelled at midnight because of the pilot flying too many hours (nevertheless, they had the nerve to make us board the plane before the flight attendant told us that), they sent us to customer service and they refused to serve us there for four hours! While we managed to make it to San José the next day, they lost our bags. While not nearly as nightmarish of a story happened when we made our way back to the United States, our bags got lost again.

Anyone who hasn't been corrupted by the mainstream media knows that United isn't the spawn of Satan. Sure, I agree that the Dr. David Dao incident was a serious thing and United shouldn't have allowed it to happen (although the airport security were the ones who actually did it). But there are much worse airlines out there. I don't think United is a good airline nowdays, but there are much worse ones out there.

This airline is mean,rude,selfish and many more. If they wanted seats for their employees they should of reserved them instead of dragging a 60 year old doctor man of a plane. He ran back on the plane all bloody say he needs to go home and I Agee he payed for it so he should go back home. And his wife was in the back so they tried so separate them

4 Allegiant Air

Break down 4 times more often than other airlines.

Awful. Don't care about safety at all

Worst airline in the world only PIA is the best others are worst

5 Pakistan International Airlines

Worst airline I've ever flow, and I have flown a few on this list. Hostile flight attendants, seats that were falling apart, smoking everywhere, Pakistanis wandering around the craft during while I was told to stay seated. It was cheap, I'll give them that. But I vowed never to fly them again.

It's terrible this is the service that caused Junaid Jamshed to die. The pilot thought that they could run with one engine. This is ridiculous, and my parents had to wait a few more hours because these person were late.-.. Use Emirates or Singapore airlines those are way better than this.

Do not believe this stupid, silly, and the worst website.
Actually they are writing PIA because they have nothing to write.This is a website which is not believed in the world. The writer of the web is mad and he is the worst web maker ever he is mad.

It was very well airline but in recent years it became bad. But now it is improving. It is now a better airline. In worst airlines it should be ranked No. 14. It is much better than Air india!

6 Spirit Airlines

Super cramped chairs and seats. Even if you are thin, you will feel cramped in the space and accidentally hit the person next to you if you try to move your arms. You basically get what you pay for with this airline, and bags are extra, and if you have a "carry on", if you don't pay in advance, it's $100 at the gate! The attendants who check in people for boarding make you step aside and pay on the spot if your bag is "too big". If you absolutely HAVE to fly Spirit, travel extremely light.

Worst air experience ever! No a/c on flight 484 leaving Dallas. 4 hr. late departure. Expensive baggage fees. Terrible customer service. I would not be making these comments if Spirit would assume responsibility for their mistakes. I'm quite sure Spirit has heard many complaints from other passengers of Flight 484.
Airplane was unsafe and finally after 1hr plus we were able to change planes. We all had to sit in the plane in 95 degree Texas heat and with no air and no a/c for over 1 plus hrs. It's illegal to keep an animal in these conditions.
For your safety and your loved ones don't risk your lives with this airlines. Obviously they believe in profits over protecting their employees and passengers. I am a capitalist and I strongly feel you can be honest and still profit honestly.

Hot take: Spirit is not that bad. I've flown with Spirit a few times and despite the tight legroom and no in-flight entertainment, I've had good experiences with Spirit and the staff were nice.

Spirit purposefully left a 15 year old girl stranded at an airport because their flight got overbooked and never even told her mother. Deserves to be number 1 on the list.

7 Air Koryo

This should be number 1 because IT'S THE WORST AIRLINE EVER! Its safety record is only like 2 and a half stars and it's airline rating is 1! Kim Jong Un (The North Korean Government) owns it. Obviously, the worst thing about it is it's North Korea's national airline. The airplanes are so dirty inside and out (especially their latest addition, the TU-204) that the flight attendants have to clean the plane's insides during mid-flight.

This airline bathroom smells like 13 dogs just took a crap all at once and people were making jokes about bringing the plane down and banging on the cockpit door. I'd recommend nobody ever fly this airline

It honestly sickens me that United is above this horrible excuse for an airline! One of the reasons why I hate this list!

8 Easy Jet

Ironic name don't ya think? Whats so easy about no given seating, poor staff, and it going bust?

You get what you paid for - cheap seats, very little leg room, no food or refreshments

9 American Airllines

Well I flew one AA plane with a nice, modern interior from STL to CLT. After that, it was followed by 3 old planes with power outlets UNDER the seats, or no USB/power at all. You'd think that they would use nicer more comfortable planes for 5 hour flights, but I got a 737-800 from SJU-ORD and my seat didn't recline. Economy with AA is a rip off most times because those seats are the equivalent to Southwest but more expensive.

Everything is good.

Just don't expect your baggage to come out good and healthy.

It was a decent airline, just don't expect much entertainment/wifi without forking over money

I hate this airline they have such a high crash history I'm afraid to fly with this airline

10 Jetstar

So dissapointed of Jetstar Pacific. Here is nobody care about customers at all. Flights never come on time, never! They change schedule 4 times for my today flight and even didn't inform, you can't find any Jetstar pacific worker in the airport and they are not replying in call center. Terrible. I didn't expect to stay all day in airport. that's not what I was planning. So bad

Shockingly unreliable. Don't expect to fly on the flight you booked. Don't expect to get where you are going anytime close to scheduled time or even day, or even in the same week.
And don't complain. Because all you get is fake sympathy - no apologies, no explanation, no redress.

Oh, and the carry-on baggage scam everyone should know about. Ask the check-in staff if your carry-on is ok, and they say sure yeah fine. But at the gate they charge you for overweight. They do it deliberately. Also they advertise phantom flights which will never fly.

Just terrible. What look like a customer care letter is actually a veiled insult. They really hate their customers and say just for giggles.

The Contenders
11 British Airways British Airways is the flag carrier of the United Kingdom, headquartered in London. Founded in 1974, the airline offers international and domestic flights and is one of the world's leading airlines. British Airways focuses on delivering high-quality customer service and has received numerous awards for its in-flight experience. The airline aims to be an innovator in the aviation industry, investing in new technologies and sustainability.

So I was flying out of Greece for a holiday last year back to Dublin Airport. They had to delay the flight, which would have come in 6 hours, and so I had to sit on a cold, hard floor in Greece because a plastic bag was stuck in the plane? REALLY? So instead of sitting on a decent chair, waiting on the call for my plane for 6 hours (maybe checking out the shops) - I had to sit on a FLOOR for 3 hours extra! What a rip off - they didn't even apologise or anything! No discount, no nothing. So ridiculous, my CHILDREN and PARENTS were waiting for me in a busy airport in DUBLIN!

I fly all over the world with many, many airlines. 100% of my worst issues have been with BA. First, the amount of time it takes to connect to BA flights in Heathrow is hideous. They say 45 mins is the minimum connection time - but you need at least 90 mins. Second, their baggage handling is notoriously bad. I have had multiple bags lost for more than 5 days each. Third, their customer service agents try to help - but they have no power and improper training. Recently I was in the boarding area for a flight that was VERY delayed. The agents kept telling everyone that the plane would start boarding after the pilot completed security checks. However, anyone who looked out the window could see that one of the engines had been more or less taken a part and pieces of it were laying on the tarmac. 20 mins later the flight was cancelled Very bad. Finally, the inflight service is really the worst. Bad food. Bad seats. Dirty Planes. Very, very bad.

This isn't bad. The first class is awesome, same with economy. Maybe replace this with Philippine Airlines, I rode a 16 hour flight with no T.V. and it feels like riding a domestic flight. The crew told me that I can download the app and the movies will appear but they're all bad movies. When I was six years old, the crew served me a rotten dried fish and I did not want to eat it but the cabin crew forced me to so I ate it and threw up. That's how that airlines is really bad.

I was shocked about the level of rude and poor service I experienced at BA. I fly a lot, some years 80 flights or so I have pretty much seen it all. Scoring the the top prize in poor service and rudeness is quite an achievement.

For me, a good flight is a smooth eventless, unmemorable transport from one place to another. Avoiding BA and avoiding Heathrow whenever I can, has very much helped to obtain that.

12 Viking Airlines

Do Vikings live in it or what?

13 Wow Airlines
14 Republic Airlines
15 US Airways

Absolutely the worst! During the flight from SEA to ATL our stewardess shared with us the plane we were flying was earlier mothballed and had been taken to the CA desert and offloaded. The plane was filthy some seats were broke and leather torn. It smelled of burnt pizza and vomit, rattled like and old washing machine.

The flight attendants made me try and put two 60 lb, 2 ft wide suitcases in the storage space 4 ft above my head. They also put me at the very back of the plane with someone I didn't know, and my parents were at the front of the plane. This was when I was only 9 years old!

They kicked out a family... Because they're musulmans?! This airline is totally racist and has anti religion

Had no problems at all

16 Indian
17 Air Berlin

Appalling airline. I went on a recent holiday and they lost my bags for 2 WEEKS, I eventually got them back one day before I left my destination country. Then if that wasn't bad enough, they forced me to buy another flight - and then promptly booked me on to the wrong (and very expensive flight).For the last two weeks I have been trying to get this situation fixed. They have asked me to fill out forms (which they have ignored) and have provided no guidelines for when they will contact me. To top it all off I politely asked to speak to the manager of the (rude) customer service person I last talked to, at which point she hung up on me! Incredibly rude, disgraceful customer service. I will NEVER book a flight with this airline again. I hope no one reading this does either. It's just not worth it.

An absolutely miserable airline, made worst by the dishonest public relations masking a ruthless cutthroat organization. Try telephoning them--it's next to impossible, and they rig their phones to put the caller on hold for 5-10 minutes and then cut out. An unethical business.

Worst Airline ever! They loose baggage all the time. Mission impossible to get any kind of compensation. Poor service and it takes forever to get someone to talk to you. They keep trying to get you fill out forms and send them in to be ignored.

Made me pay 115€ for a bag. They did not deliver it on time. I had to wait 5 days! And call the airport everyday. My bag was torn and my kitesurf board that was inside was broken!
After contactting them for 5 months still 0 reply, 0 reimbursement, 0 customer service.
I have never seen a WORST AIRLINE.
I would rather pay a more expensive air ticket than flying with them.

18 Bhoja Air

It's first flight was very tragic!

19 Air Botswana

No food. Flight once delayed for 2 hours for no apparent reason whilst SAA flew from Jhb to GAB 15 minutes later (I.E. was not a technical or weather issue).

Rubbish airline. Rubbish service. Rubbish food. Just rubbish.

20 Air France Air France, belonging to the airline holding company, Air France-KLM, is the privately owned flag carrier of France. Air France’s headquarters are located at their global hub, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport.

Concerning primates here below.
You are right if it is the true, but it is not anymore, France is one of the first concerning non-animal testing, now most of tests are in-vivo.
And do not forget than human is also a primate.
But anyway any airline doing that, and there are still a lot have to be punished.

The only airline which continues to transport primates to their deaths in laboratories. Not a nice feeling to sit there drinking champagne while down in the cargo area primates are being transported to terrible deaths.

21 Etihad Etihad Airways is the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, based in Abu Dhabi. Founded in 2003, Etihad focuses on offering luxury travel experiences and has won multiple awards for its in-flight services. The airline aims to set new standards for hospitality and comfort, offering various cabin classes that cater to different passenger needs.

Maybe the person who put this takes economy but that dude has to try first class. I'm serious. If that dude who put this hates first class in Etihad, than he is a dumb stupid moron.

Etihad is consider one of the worlds safest airlines.

Etihad is one of the Worlds Best airlines according to skytrax. It is in the top 10!

Etihad airlines is in the top 10 best airline list... Shouldn't be in this list

22 Delta

Delta is literally the best airline (or one of the best) airlines in the USA! Delta does not deserve to be here! Frontier and spirit are the worst airlines in the USA! Spirit is above delta and that's good, but frontier is below delta! Delta is an amazing airline! Get this out of the list!

The top tens always makes no sense. Delta is the most popular American airline, and yet even southwest isn't on this list! What's always happening on this website!

I've had terrible, terrible experiences with Delta.
I've flown 4 times using this airline, and none were pleasant.
It's a ridiculously horrible airline.
The last flight I had was exactly 3 years ago, from Africa to JFK to LAX. Our flight from Africa to JFK was great, but we stayed at JFK for about 26 hours, then they told us to board the plane, and we went from terminal to terminal for about 4 hours, until they told us to to get out, and stay at the airport for 3 more hours.
Yeah, great, wonderful *rolls eyes*.

23 AirAsia

One of the worst airline I have used, rude staff and the worst flight experience I have ever had. I actually thought the plane would go down. I spent half of my time praying in the airplane. I would avoid this airlne and vietjet at all cost in the future.

Wait. When you said San Fran, did you mean San Francisco?

In 2014, one of AirAsia's planes crashed in Kalimantan.

Crashed during the flight for Surabaya to Singapore and no survivors found in the middle of a sea

24 Nepal Airlines Nepal Airlines is the flag carrier of Nepal, headquartered in Kathmandu. Founded in 1958, the airline serves domestic and international routes, providing passenger and cargo services. Nepal Airlines focuses on offering safe and reliable air transportation while promoting tourism to and from Nepal. The airline aims to be a competitive player in the aviation industry while contributing to the economic development of Nepal.

If this airline goes around Nepal, then its worse than Ryanair.

25 Frontier

We flew frontier once because it was half price for kids, but the average age of passengers looked like around 6 years old. Imagine that.

They need bigger tray tables and legroom. But, flying Frontier at midnight out of las vegas is this:
1) Frontier is so low on staff the flight attendants arrived at the gate 1 hour lateer than the departure time.
2) The only people at the gate is the pilots and a guy that when he spoke no one understood him.
3) After this hassle, you want to sleep. Unfortunately, the seats are rock solid and don't recline.
4) After landing, the air bridge wont work so your plane goes to the Southwest terminal.
5) Frontier tells you to go back to the Frontier terminal. When there, you discover your bags are located back at the Southwest terminal.
6) It is now 6:30 in the morning.

Frontier is made for shorter flights for lower fares.

My family and I used this airline a few years ago. According to my parents, they nickel and dime you. They may as well charge you for air. No drinks. No food. Charge you for carry-ons. Our gate was changed at the last minute and we almost missed our flight.

They don't need more legroom. They need tray tables that are bigger than an IPAD

Not kidding. The tray tables are smaller than an iPad

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