- A group of Orthodox Jewish girls was barred from boarding flights operated by Delta and KLM last summer.
- The group was trying to travel home to New York after visiting Holocaust sites in Europe.
- They are now suing Delta and KLM for alleged antisemitic discrimination, a complaint shows.
A group of Orthodox Jewish girls who were barred from two flights last summer is suing Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for discrimination, according to a lawsuit.
The 19 plaintiffs from New York were part of a 54-person tour group of Jewish teenagers and their chaperones visiting religious sites in Europe, including Holocaust memorials in Ukraine and the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, from late July until early August last year.
In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the plaintiffs allege that treatment on their return journey was “a devastating reminder at the hands of Delta Air Lines and KLM Airlines that antisemitism and discrimination against the Jewish race continue in 2021.”
During the first leg of the group’s journey home — a KLM-operated flight from Kyiv to Amsterdam on August 6, 2021 — flight attendants disciplined the girls for failing to comply with COVID-19 safety protocols, Insider previously reported.Â
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