Lufthansa blocks fitness influencer over athletic outfit, she claims

Key Points:

• Fitness influencer Edda Elisa Pilz was reportedly prevented from boarding a Lufthansa flight from Berlin to Austria until she covered up her athletic outfit, with an airline employee allegedly calling her "naked" during the interaction amid a heatwave.
• Pilz, who has over 500,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok, shared a video describing the incident and questioned whether Lufthansa has a passenger dress code, criticizing the employee's treatment of her.
• According to Pilz, she was told her athletic top and shorts were not "normal clothes" and was required to wear a jacket zipped up before boarding, while men in shorts were allowed to board without issue.
• Pilz emphasized that the issue was less about dress code enforcement and more about the employee's attitude, calling the behavior unacceptable and seeking an official response from Lufthansa.
• Lufthansa's policies do not specify a dress code but allow refusal of transport for conduct affecting safety or wellbeing; neither Pilz nor Lufthansa immediately responded to requests for comment.