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Kenyan Woman Alleges Racial Bias After Airline Downgrades Her: "Given Whites Our Business Class Seats"
The airline clarified that the flight operated with a different aircraft than originally scheduled, which had significantly fewer business class seats.
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2 New Zealand Women Claim They Were Kicked Off Flight Because Of Their Size
Angel Harding had been travelling home from Napier to Auckland with two other women earlier this month when the alleged incident happened.
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''Avoid Travelling...'': Redditor Accuses Lufthansa Staff Of Insulting Indians, Paytm CEO Reacts
A Reddit user mentioned several instances of the Lufthansa staff members discriminating against Indians and insulting them.
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"Only White, Young Female Attendants On Flights": Airlines Sued For Discrimination
Two flight attendants from United Airlines claim in a lawsuit that a charter flight for the Dodgers denied them a position because the players preferred women who were "white, young, and thin."
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IndiGo Staff Slammed For Stopping Child With Special Needs From Boarding
IndiGo airlines faced the heat from passengers for not allowing a child with disability to board a flight with his family at the Ranchi airport on Saturday. The airlines said the child posed a threat to other passengers' safety.
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Delta Airlines Fined $50,000 For Telling Muslim Passengers To Get Off Plane
Delta Air Lines was Friday fined $50,000 by the US Department of Transportation to settle allegations it discriminated against three Muslim passengers who were ordered off their planes.
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"My Sympathies To Naresh And Neeta Goyal": Vijay Mallya On Jet Crisis
Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya lashed out at the centre for allegedly "discriminating" between state-owned and private airlines, and extended his "sympathies" to Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal.
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"Never Been So Humiliated": Mother, Baby Kicked Off Flight For Dry Skin
Rare Disease Day is meant to raise awareness about exactly the kind of genetic skin condition that Jordan Flake shares with her 1-year-old son, Jackson.
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A Deaf Couple Sought Help From Delta Staff. Now, They Want To Sue Airline
A deaf couple accused a Delta Air Lines staffer of discriminating against them by refusing to communicate with them in a way they would understand - in writing. Instead, the couple said, the staffer rolled her eyes, the situation escalated, police were called, and they never got on their flight.
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Gay Couple Separated On Flight So Straight Couple Could Sit Together
Alaska Airlines is under fire after a man said he and his boyfriend were told to sit apart on a California-bound plane because a straight couple wanted to sit together.
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Woman Allegedly Kicked Off United Flight, Kids "Marched Out Like Criminals"
An African woman and her children were kicked off a United Airlines flight after a fellow passenger complained that she had a "pungent" odor, according to a racial discrimination lawsuit filed against the company.
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'Are You Afraid Of Flying?' Why This Airline's Powerful New Ad Is Viral
Airlines have been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently, but Royal Jordanian Airlines is now making headlines for all the right ones. With the caption, "Are you afraid of flying," the airlines' powerful new ad addresses discrimination in a surprisingly thoughtful way.
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Jet Airways Local Pilots Allege 'Step-Motherly' Treatment
Jet Airways is treating Indian pilots in a "step-motherly" manner compared to their expat counterparts on the rolls, pilots' body National Aviators Guild (NAG) today claimed.
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United Airlines Slammed After Passenger Filmed Being Dragged Out Of Plane
United Continental Holdings Inc. tumbled early Tuesday as outrage on social media over the removal of a passenger from a flight spread across the globe.
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Was That Doctor Dragged Off United Flight Because He Was Asian? Many In China Think So
News that a passenger was forcibly dragged off a United Airlines plane has gone viral all over the world, but in China the outrage has been fueled by one uncomfortable fact: The doctor who was pulled off the plane, first screaming and then bleeding, appeared to be of Asian origin, and was overhead complaining that this might have been a factor in h...
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Kenyan Woman Alleges Racial Bias After Airline Downgrades Her: "Given Whites Our Business Class Seats"
The airline clarified that the flight operated with a different aircraft than originally scheduled, which had significantly fewer business class seats.
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2 New Zealand Women Claim They Were Kicked Off Flight Because Of Their Size
Angel Harding had been travelling home from Napier to Auckland with two other women earlier this month when the alleged incident happened.
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''Avoid Travelling...'': Redditor Accuses Lufthansa Staff Of Insulting Indians, Paytm CEO Reacts
A Reddit user mentioned several instances of the Lufthansa staff members discriminating against Indians and insulting them.
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"Only White, Young Female Attendants On Flights": Airlines Sued For Discrimination
Two flight attendants from United Airlines claim in a lawsuit that a charter flight for the Dodgers denied them a position because the players preferred women who were "white, young, and thin."
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IndiGo Staff Slammed For Stopping Child With Special Needs From Boarding
IndiGo airlines faced the heat from passengers for not allowing a child with disability to board a flight with his family at the Ranchi airport on Saturday. The airlines said the child posed a threat to other passengers' safety.
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Delta Airlines Fined $50,000 For Telling Muslim Passengers To Get Off Plane
Delta Air Lines was Friday fined $50,000 by the US Department of Transportation to settle allegations it discriminated against three Muslim passengers who were ordered off their planes.
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"My Sympathies To Naresh And Neeta Goyal": Vijay Mallya On Jet Crisis
Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya lashed out at the centre for allegedly "discriminating" between state-owned and private airlines, and extended his "sympathies" to Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal.
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"Never Been So Humiliated": Mother, Baby Kicked Off Flight For Dry Skin
Rare Disease Day is meant to raise awareness about exactly the kind of genetic skin condition that Jordan Flake shares with her 1-year-old son, Jackson.
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A Deaf Couple Sought Help From Delta Staff. Now, They Want To Sue Airline
A deaf couple accused a Delta Air Lines staffer of discriminating against them by refusing to communicate with them in a way they would understand - in writing. Instead, the couple said, the staffer rolled her eyes, the situation escalated, police were called, and they never got on their flight.
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Gay Couple Separated On Flight So Straight Couple Could Sit Together
Alaska Airlines is under fire after a man said he and his boyfriend were told to sit apart on a California-bound plane because a straight couple wanted to sit together.
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Woman Allegedly Kicked Off United Flight, Kids "Marched Out Like Criminals"
An African woman and her children were kicked off a United Airlines flight after a fellow passenger complained that she had a "pungent" odor, according to a racial discrimination lawsuit filed against the company.
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'Are You Afraid Of Flying?' Why This Airline's Powerful New Ad Is Viral
Airlines have been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently, but Royal Jordanian Airlines is now making headlines for all the right ones. With the caption, "Are you afraid of flying," the airlines' powerful new ad addresses discrimination in a surprisingly thoughtful way.
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Jet Airways Local Pilots Allege 'Step-Motherly' Treatment
Jet Airways is treating Indian pilots in a "step-motherly" manner compared to their expat counterparts on the rolls, pilots' body National Aviators Guild (NAG) today claimed.
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United Airlines Slammed After Passenger Filmed Being Dragged Out Of Plane
United Continental Holdings Inc. tumbled early Tuesday as outrage on social media over the removal of a passenger from a flight spread across the globe.
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Was That Doctor Dragged Off United Flight Because He Was Asian? Many In China Think So
News that a passenger was forcibly dragged off a United Airlines plane has gone viral all over the world, but in China the outrage has been fueled by one uncomfortable fact: The doctor who was pulled off the plane, first screaming and then bleeding, appeared to be of Asian origin, and was overhead complaining that this might have been a factor in h...
