EasyJet isn't flying high after an offensive fashion shoot in its in-flight magazine. Photo: John Macdougall, AFP/Getty Images
Controversial photo shoots are nothing new, but this latest instance, involving a fashion story photographed at a Berlin Holocaust Memorial, is downright offensive.
European airline EasyJet is apologizing following complaints about the eight-page fashion spread in its in-flight magazine, the Daily Mail reports.
According to the paper, the budget airline has pulled all copies of its November issue of "EasyJet Traveller," in which the distasteful pictorial appears.
Run by the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, the Field of Stelae Memorial reportedly served as the backdrop for the shoot, which saw fashion models leaning against concrete slabs.
Outraged Jewish groups complained that EasyJet was "trivializing the genocidal massacre of Jews," reports the source.
The red-faced airline has offered an apology and is reportedly reviewing its relationship with publisher, INK.
"EasyJet profusely apologizes to anyone who may be offended by the inappropriate fashion photo shoot at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin featured in this month's issue of the in-flight magazine," an airline spokesman told the paper.
Also at issue is how the magazine secured permission for the shoot. According to the Foundation Memorial, only non-commercial, Holocaust-related shoots are permitted, the paper states. The organization is now reviewing the matter.
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