(USA Today) Bart Jansen - Kuwait Airways informed the U.S. Dept. of Transportation that it will be eliminating service between JFK and London Heathrow after DOT threatened legal action for the airline's refusal to sell tickets to Israelis. "It is unfortunate that Kuwait Airways has decided to suspend its service, instead of accepting Israeli citizens as passengers," said Jeffrey Lovitky, a Washington lawyer representing Eldad Gatt, an Israeli citizen who was refused a ticket in 2013. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced Sept. 30 that the airline broke the law because it refuses to sell tickets to Israelis.
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