US imposes record fine on Lufthansa for preventing boarding of Jewish passengers

US imposes record fine on Lufthansa for preventing boarding of Jewish passengers

October 16, 2024 – 09:22

The controversial episode occurred in 2022. The German airline denied boarding to a connecting flight to 128 travelers after a few did not comply with Covid-19 regulations.

Lufthansa prevented everyone from boarding “due to the apparent bad behavior of a few because they were openly and visibly Jewish,” officials from that department said.

United States authorities fined Lufthansa with 4 million dollars, a record sum, after determining that The German airline discriminated against more than a hundred Jewish passengers by preventing their boarding in 2022officials reported Tuesday.

128 travelers were denied boarding a connecting flight after a few did not follow instructions, including anti-Covid-19 measures such as wearing maskson a flight from the United States to Germany, transportation authorities said.

The US Department of Transportation said the fine for denied boarding on May 3, 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany, is the largest imposed for a civil rights violation.

Lufthansa prevented everyone from boarding “due to the apparent bad behavior of a few because they were openly and visibly Jewish,” officials from that department said.

The German airline told the US government that it had publicly apologized on numerous occasions for preventing passengers from continuing their journey, but denied that any of its employees had engaged in any form of discrimination.

In a statement following the announcement of the fine, the airline said it had launched a new training program “to address anti-Semitism and discrimination.”

Source: Ambito

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