Fitness influencer Edda Elisa Pilz says she was prevented from boarding a Lufthansa flight from Berlin to Austria until she covered up her athletic outfit, alleging an airline employee repeatedly called her "naked" during the encounter as temperatures reached 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).Pilz, 24, who boasts more than 500,000 followers on both Instagram and TikTok, shared a video describing the confrontation while preparing to board the Lufthansa flight during the summer heatwave.The video has since circulated widely on social media, where Pilz questioned whether the airline has a dress code for passengers and criticized what she described as the employee's treatment of her.Pilz said she was waiting to have her boarding pass scanned when a Lufthansa employee stopped her from boarding.POPULAR CRUISE LINE’S BIKINI CRACKDOWN COULD SURPRISE PASSENGERS AT ISLAND PORTSAccording to Pilz, the employee told her, "You cannot board like that," before repeatedly telling her she was "naked."Pilz said she was wearing a matching athletic top and shorts and questioned why the outfit was considered inappropriate in the summer heat."What am I supposed to put on?" she said in the video.
"What should I wear? It is clothing."POPULAR CRUISE LINE’S BIKINI CRACKDOWN COULD SURPRISE PASSENGERS AT ISLAND PORTSA Lufthansa aircraft sits at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Schoenefeld, Germany, on June 4, 2026.A fitness influencer says she was prevented from boarding a Lufthansa flight from Berlin to Austria over her athletic outfit.
(Florian Gaertner/Photothek)According to Pilz, the employee told her she was not wearing "normal clothes" and instructed her to put something over her outfit before she would be allowed to board the aircraft.Pilz said she put on a jacket but was then told she also had to zip it completely before being allowed to proceed.She alleged the employee then blamed her for delaying the boarding process.PASSENGER ALLEGEDLY BOARDS FLIGHT WITH FAKE BOARDING PAS...