Lufthansa Fined in US for Barring Jewish Passengers From Flight

German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG was fined $4 million by the US Department of Transportation for allegedly discriminating against Jewish passengers who were kicked off a flight, marking the agency’s largest penalty ever against a carrier for civil rights violations.

During the May 2022 incident, Lufthansa staff prohibited 128 Jewish travelers — most wearing traditional Orthodox clothing — from boarding a connecting flight in Germany on a trip from New York to Budapest, the Transportation Department said in a statement Tuesday.

The agency said it received more than 40 discrimination complaints about the incident. Passengers were told they were barred ...