Germany’s biggest airline fined for violating 128 Jewish passengers’ civil rights
Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, has been fined a record $4 million ($5.9 million AUD) for discriminating against Jewish passengers, the US Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
The fine stems from a May 2022 incident in which the airline prohibited 128 Jewish passengers from boarding.
The DOT noted in a consent order that the passengers were wearing "distinctive garb typically worn by Orthodox Jewish men."
Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, has been fined. (Getty)
They were denied boarding as a group and were unable to connect in Frankfurt to Budapest from a New York flight because of "alleged misbehavior of a few."
However, the passengers did not know each other nor were they traveling together.
In a press release, the airline said the ...