The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday fined Germany-based airline Lufthansa $4 million for violating the rights of 128 Jewish passengers who were traveling from New York City to Frankfurt and Budapest.
The German airline barred 128 Jewish passengers from their May 2022 connecting flight based on the alleged misconduct of a few. The U.S. government considers that discrimination; Lufthansa disagrees.
Lufthansa, Germany’s biggest airline, has been fined a record $4 million for discriminating against Jewish passengers, the US Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
German airline staff allegedly prohibited 128 Orthodox Jews from boarding a flight because half of them had been refusing to wear face masks during the pandemic.
The U.S. Department of Transportation fined German airline Lufthansa $4 million for allegedly discriminating against a group of Jewish passengers who were traveling in May 2022.
The Department of Transportation said it was the largest civil rights fine it has ever imposed on an airline. Lufthansa has apologized for what happened.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States fined German airline Lufthansa $4 million for its treatment of a group of Jewish passengers who were denied boarding
German air carrier Lufthansa was fined $4 million Tuesday by the U.S. government for preventing 128 passengers wearing Jewish garb from making a connecting flight to Hungary.
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Lufthansa, Germany’s biggest airline, has been fined a record $4 million for discriminating against Jewish passengers, the US Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
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