The u.s. airline Delta Airlines back with the big purse.
the Reason is that, back in 2016 with a small weekly intervals in the two cases dismissed in a total of three muslim passengers to fly with their aircraft.
In both cases, the passengers even approved in the security control.
the Result is a fine equivalent to 339.000 euros.
This writes the news agency AP according to ABC.
The one episode took place on a plane in Paris.
Here, a passenger turned to the staff, because a muslim couple made her uncomfortable.
When the stewardess subsequently walked past the pair, she saw that the man had written ‘Allah’ several times in a text message on the phone. It resulted in, that the pair was questioned outside the plane. It was here that the pair, who turned out to be american, however the green flag to fly with.
Yet you chose the captain to refuse to allow the couple to return on board, why they instead had to wait until the day after to fly back home.
In the second case, five days later in Amsterdam, had both staff and passengers complained of a muslim passenger.
This time the thought of Delta’s security personnel nor that there was cause for alarm. Yet he was not allowed to fly with.
Delta has rejected the allegations of discrimination in both cases.
They acknowledged, however, that they could have handled the situations differently, says in a statement from the us department of transportation, writes TV2.
the Ministry has said that the Delta Airlines has violated the law by removing the passengers.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations,, however, questioned the amount of the fine.
– the Fine is almost nothing, says Karen Dabdoub, executive director of The Council on American-Islamic Relations Cincinnati with regard to that Delta earned more than 25 billion last year.
– however, I am happy to see that they got a penalty after all, she says, according to ABC.
at the same time, they have been ordered to train their staff in cultural understanding.
