Airline hit with largest fine in DOT history for blocking 128 Jewish passengers from boarding flight

GERMANY’S flagship airline has been hit with a $4 million penalty over allegations the company discriminated against a group of Jewish passengers.

The US Department of Transportation said Lufthansa denied 128 Jewish passengers from boarding their connecting flight from Frankfurt to Budapest, Hungary, in May 2022.

A view inside the economy class seating on a Lufthansa Airbus A350 passenger plane

The passengers, many of whom wore distinctive clothing worn by Orthodox Jewish men, did not know each other but were treated as a single group by the airline, according to the USDOT.

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