On Sunday, American airline JetBlue announced it is changing the onboard maps on all carriers, to comply with U.S. guidelines for the Middle East, after it was revealed airline labeled Israel as “Palestinian Territories.”
“We’re sorry for the concern this has caused.,” JetBlue said in a message to Ynet. Emphasizing their mission and values that prioritize the customers feeling safe onboard, the airline said: We can assure you that no one on the JetBlue team was involved with drawing or labeling the map of the region and we were not previously aware of the issue.”
The company said the false map was provided by a third-party company, which the airline will stop using.
“After a careful review, we have decided to switch to a new map vendor. While our content provider works on making this transition, we have also asked the current vendor to adjust our onboard map so that it aligns with the U.S. government’s map guidance for the region. We are making these changes as quickly as the technology allows.”
The map incident was not the first time JetBlue was called out for anti-Israel bias. Back in April, a Jewish passenger said she was kicked off a JetBlue flight after complaining about a flight attendant wearing a “Free Palestine” pin on his uniform.
At the time, the company apologized to the passenger, announced it would change it’s policy regarding such pins, and said: “We hope with these actions we can welcome him back onto a JetBlue flight in the future.”
{Matzav.com}
Okay, no problem. At least they now allow a free carry-on luggage. Yay. Finally.
Two strikes.
They wanted to label it Palestinian Terrorists and mistakenly wrote territories.