Lufthansa, Germany’s flagship airline, was fined $4 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation over allegations it discriminated against a group of Jewish passengers.
Germany’s flagship airline has been fined $4 million by the U.S. Department of Transportation over allegations it discriminated against a group of Jewish passengers. The regulator said Tuesday that Lufthansa had prohibited 128 people wearing traditional Orthodox Jewish clothing from boarding for a connecting flight in Germany as they made their way from New York City to Budapest, Hungary, in May 2022.
“No one should face discrimination when they travel, and today’s action sends a clear message to the airline industry that we are prepared to investigate and take action whenever passengers’ civil rights are violated,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement. Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the Biden administration’s special envoy against antisemitism, told NBC News in 2022 that the details of how the airline had treated the passengers were “unbelievable.
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