Budget airline easyJet was hit with a hefty fine for kicking a disabled woman off of a flight. A French appeals court has increased the fine tenfold to 50,000 euros ($75,000).

The airline was initially charged 5,000 euros but a prosecution request was placed to incrase the fine to 70,000 euros. The court shut that down but did increase the fine significantly, News.co.au reports.

The incident involved a May 2012 verdict which found that easyJet had violated the rights of Marie-Patricia Hoarau, a wheelchair-bound woman who was removed from the flight. EasyJet claims that it had the right to remove the woman from the Paris to Nice flight in March 2010 because she was traveling alone.

The crew on the flight told Hoarau that she couldn't travel by herself because she couldn't reach an emergency exit without assistance, which is why the airline appealed. However Hoarau was ordered off the plane even thought a pilot traveling on the same flight agreed to assist her if such an emergency came about.

Hoarau had flown the previous day without any issue. The appeals court ordered the airline to pay a 5,000 euro award to Hoarau for the incident. France's APF association for the disabled, which was a civil plaintiff in the case, was awarded on euro is symbolic damages.

EasyJet's Lawyer, Philippe Van Der Meulen, called the ruling a result of "emotional and militant considerations." He added that it wouldn't add to greater safety on flights for the disabled.

This isn't the only discrimination case easyJet is dealing with. In June, another wheelchair user was also refused access to a flight from Paris because she was traveling by herself.