Wizz Air pays out £1.2m to passengers after refund claims were rejected

Wizz Air was named the UK’s worst airline last year by the consumer body Which?. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters

Thousands of passengers have been awarded a total of £1.2m in compensation from Wizz Air as part of a landmark action against the budget airline after years of complaints by passengers.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) revealed on Wednesday that about 6,000 passengers had received payouts – equivalent to more than £200 each – since it launched the enforcement process in July last year.