US EditionLufthansa pays $4m fine over treatment of Jewish passengers
- Lufthansa has been fined $4 million for discriminating against Jewish passengers, as announced by the US Department of Transportation.
- The fine relates to an incident in May 2022, where 128 Jewish passengers were barred from boarding.
- Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stated that the action sends a strong message against discrimination in the airline industry.
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US transport department fines Lufthansa $4M for discriminating against Jewish passengers
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) announced on Tuesday a $4 million penalty against Lufthansa for discriminating against Jewish passengers. The penalty is the largest ever issued by the DOT against an airline for civil rights violations. The penalty stemmed from complaints filed by Jewish passengers in May 2022 who were flying from New York to Budapest with a connecting flight in Frankfurt, Germany. 128 passengers, “most of whom wore dis…
U.S. Fines Lufthansa €3.6 Million for Discriminating Against Jewish Passengers
The U.S. Department of Transportation has fined German airline Lufthansa $4 million (€3.6 million) for violating the civil rights of over a hundred Jewish passengers—the largest fine ever levied on an airline for such a violation. In 2022, a total of 128 Jewish passengers were prevented from boarding a flight from Frankfurt to Budapest. The passengers were traveling from New York to Hungary for a memorial event for an Orthodox rabbi, a trip that…
The authorities in the USA fined the German Lufthansa four million dollars, which is the highest possible fine of its kind. The reason: during the pandemic, the company refused to transport passengers because they were not wearing protective masks.
Lufthansa given record £3,000,000 fine for barring Jewish passengers from flight
More than a hundred passengers wearing Orthodox Jewish garb were blocked from their connecting flights (Picture: Getty Images) Lufthansa has been slapped with a record fine after it barred a group of Jewish passengers from boarding their flight. The US Department of Transportation hit the the airline with a $4,000,000 (£3,000,000) fine over the alleged discrimination. The fine is said to be the largest ever issued against any airline for civil…
The Lufthansa airline was fined four million dollars (93 million crowns) for violating civil rights. In 2022, it prevented 128 Jews traveling from the US to Hungary for the annual commemoration from crossing in Germany. Although the company later apologized for its behavior, a fine for discriminatory behavior will not be avoided.
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