Which airlines are most likely to LOSE your baggage - according to passengers

From missed transfers to delayed flights, there's plenty that can go wrong when travelling abroad.

But one major problem is lost baggage, which is easily every tourist's nightmare.

Sun cream, medications, an entire holiday wardrobe, they're all essential items that might be kept in luggage.

When it all goes missing and the carousel of cases winds by empty, it's sometimes enough to ruin a trip.

Analysis of Trustpilot reviews mentioning lost baggage and media reports about different airlines revealed which companies lose luggage the most.

The results were surprising, with budget airlines like Ryanair and Jet2 coming out the best.

While the company with the highest mishandling rates was British Airways.

According to the research, around 21 bags per 1,000 passengers are mishandled by the premium airline - though the British flag carrier disagrees with the methodology.

The analysis - conducted by The Horse's Mouth - calculated a 2.10% chance of British Airways losing a passenger's bag.

While TUI came second, with six bags mishandled per 1,000 passengers and a 0.6% chance. This is thought to be average in the industry.

Wizzair and EasyJet followed, with 5 and 2.8 bags per 1,000 travellers respectively.

Passengers jetting off with Virgin Atlantic have a 0.20% chance of losing their baggage.

Jet2 performed second best, with 1.5 bags mishandled per 1,000 customers, and a 0.15% possibility of losing luggage.

While budget airline Ryanair came out at the very top.

Only 1.2 cases are lost by the airline per 1,000 passengers, and travellers face a 0.12% chance of their bag being mishandled by them.

A British Airways spokesperson told the Daily Mail: 'These claims have no statistical credibility and should be treated with a high degree of scepticism.

'We take our customers' trust and the responsibility of delivering their bags very seriously.

'Once again, this type of poorly researched nonsense diminishes the hard work of colleagues within the industry.'

Previously, it was revealed the surprising continent travellers were most likely to lose their luggage.

According to aviation technology specialist Sita, 33.4 million bags were mishandled in 2024, down from 33.8 million the previous year.

Passengers are twice as likely to experience luggage issues in Europe than in other parts of the world, despite the region reducing its mishandling rate to 12.3 bags per 1,000 passengers, recovering from 15.7 in 2022.

The study revealed a notable cause: Europe's air transport industry handled record passenger volumes in 2024, with airports and airlines managing soaring baggage loads.