Lufthansa apologizes for excluding Jewish group over mask rules | News | DW Lufthansa apologized on Tuesday after being accused of excluding visibly Orthodox Jewish passengers from a Frankfurt to Budapest flight in a dispute over wearing FFP2 masks on board during a previous flight with the airline. In a statement, the German airline said that on May 4, a group of passengers were denied onward boarding from Frankfurt to Budapest after an incident on the New York to Frankfurt leg of the passengers’ journey, where some had refused to comply with in-flight masking requirements. Media reports indicate the passengers...