|
Trending Topics
|
Kuwait Airways Faces Further Legal Action Over Refusing to Fly Israeli Passengers
(Algemeiner) Barney Breen-Portnoy - The U.S.-based Lawfare Project has filed a complaint with a German court in a bid to shut down Kuwait Airways' layover flights that link Europe with non-Arab League countries such as India and Thailand, due to its discriminatory policy of refusing to fly Israeli passengers. Past Lawfare Project efforts have already led to Kuwait Airways halting service on U.S.-Europe and inter-European routes. The plaintiff in the latest case booked a ticket on Kuwait Airways to fly from Frankfurt to Bangkok, with a layover in Kuwait. The airline cancelled the ticket after learning the plaintiff held Israeli citizenship. "This plaintiff is asking for a ruling by the court that will allow every German traveler to fly on every airline operating in German airports, regardless of his/her national origin, religion, or ethnicity," said the Lawfare Project's German counsel Nathan Gelbart.