France fines British Easyjet 60,000 euros over discrimination
A French court on Thursday fined British budget airline Easyjet 60,000 euros for refusing to let a disabled woman fly unaccompanied to her son's funeral.
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The 65 year-old woman - who is paralysed on one side - filed a suit as she has been prevented from travelling to Portugal, in October 2009, because she was travelling alone.
It is the second time the airline is fined over discrimination this year.
In February, Easyjet incured a 50,000 euro fine after being found guilty of forcing a disabled woman off a flight.
It had ordered the wheelchair-bound woman to get off a Paris-Nice flight, arguing that she could not reach the emergency exit without assistance.
The court on Thursday also slapped a 30,000 euro fine on Europe Handling, a company hired by Easyjet to carry out passengers registrations in Paris.
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