The United States government has found that Kuwait Airways unlawfully discriminated against a passenger traveling using an Israeli passport by refusing to sell him a ticket for a New York to London flight, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
Eldad Gatt, an Israeli citizen, complained to the Department of Transportation that in 2013 he was unable to buy a ticket from John F. Kennedy Airport to London Heathrow Airport through Kuwait Airways because the airline's online booking system prevented him from selecting Israel as his passport-issuing country.
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