A French court ordered Air France to pay a $12,800 fine for ordering
a non-Jewish pro-Palestinian activist off a flight to Tel Aviv.
In its ruling Thursday, the court in the Paris suburb of Bobigny also
ordered the French flagship carrier to pay nearly $3,000 in damages to
Horia Ankour, a nursing student, and her legal fees, the L'indépendant
daily reported.
Ankour, 30, had attempted to fly to Israel from France last April to
take part in the Flytilla campaign, which saw hundreds of activists seek
access to Israel in a bid to travel to the Palestinian territories.
Europe's main airlines faced a wave of passenger fury during the campaign after canceling some 300 tickets at Israel’s request.
Ankour was taken off the plane in the southeastern city of Nice after
an Air France employee asked whether she had an Israeli passport and
was Jewish. When she replied that she was not Jewish, Ankour was
escorted off the flight.
French prosecutors had backed her in the case, saying it was a clear case of discrimination.
An Air France spokesperson said the company was acting in compliance
with the Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known as the
Chicago Convention, which requires airlines to refuse to fly passengers
who are “declared inadmissible in the country of destination."
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/04/04/3123486/air-france-fined-for-kicking-protester-off-flight-to-israel#When:13:45:00Z
Thursday 4 April 2013
Air France fined for kicking pro-Palestinian activist off flight to Israel
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