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EUclaim went bankrupt — and relaunched under Yource. What changes for you?
For almost two decades EUclaim was the best-known Dutch flight-compensation agency. In late August 2026 it went bankrupt — but less than a month later its activities were taken over by Yource, known in the Netherlands for Vlucht-Vertraagd.nl. The name and the website live on. For anyone with a pending claim, something concrete does change. And your right to compensation? That stays yours regardless.
6 min readBy the Tomo editorial team
From bankruptcy to relaunch
On 24 August 2026 the Gelderland court (sitting in Arnhem) declared EUclaim bankrupt, following an earlier suspension of payments. Founded in 2007, EUclaim says it helped around 850,000 travellers obtain compensation for delayed and cancelled flights.
Less than a month later, in late September 2026, its activities were taken over by Amsterdam-based Yource B.V. — known in the Netherlands for Vlucht-Vertraagd.nl and one of the largest flight-compensation firms worldwide. EUclaim keeps its own name and website, pending claims are continued, and new claims can be filed again.
Your right to compensation stays yours
First things first: your right to compensation under Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 exists against the airline, not against EUclaim. A claim agency is an intermediary that collects that right for you. Whether that agency goes bankrupt or relaunches, your right itself does not change.
What does change is the practical route: who handles your claim from here, which agreement now applies, and where is any money the airline may already have paid? That depends on how far your claim had progressed and on what you agreed with EUclaim.
Had a pending claim? Here is what changes
Pending claims are continued under Yource, but not automatically: to continue, you have to grant a new digital power of attorney. Yource and the court-appointed administrator are contacting customers who had a pending claim at the time of the bankruptcy, giving them the chance to transfer the claim so it can be handled further.
If you receive such a message, check that it genuinely comes from EUclaim/Yource before you sign anything, and keep your original confirmation and correspondence. If you would rather not continue with Yource, you are free to pursue the claim yourself or move it to another service.
Money the airline already paid to EUclaim
If the airline paid your compensation to (the old) EUclaim before the bankruptcy but the money never reached you, that amount most likely falls into the bankruptcy estate — the relaunch of the activities does not automatically cover those old debts. You then become an unsecured creditor: you can file your claim with the administrator, who determines at the end of the proceedings whether and how much is paid out.
You can find the administrator's details in the Dutch Central Insolvency Register at insolventies.rechtspraak.nl (search for EUclaim). File your claim in writing, with evidence: your agreement with EUclaim, correspondence about your claim and — if you have it — confirmation that the airline paid. To be honest: how much unsecured creditors eventually recover differs per bankruptcy and cannot be predicted now.
Did you claim through the Consumentenbond?
The flight-claim service of the Dutch consumers' association Consumentenbond ran on EUclaim. That service is closed to new claims; according to the Consumentenbond, pending claims are being handled for now.
If you have a claim there, follow the Consumentenbond's own updates and keep all correspondence. If your claim stalls, the same questions apply as above: what was agreed, and has the airline already paid?
Prefer to choose for yourself? That works too — including older flights
You do not have to go along with the relaunch. Want to start a new claim, or pick up elsewhere one that was left hanging at EUclaim? You can: directly with the airline or through another service. Flights from a while back can still be claimable — just do not wait unnecessarily, because limitation periods differ per country and evidence does not improve with age.
Here is how it works with us: run the free check with your flight number and date, and within 2 minutes you see whether your flight looks claimable. We work no cure no pay — only when compensation is actually paid out do we charge 30% including VAT; if your claim has to go to court, a 15% legal-action surcharge applies (45% maximum in total). We test any weather excuse from the airline against the official METAR observations of both airports.
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