Women can choose not to sit next to men on any IndiGo flight. The feature could attract more female customers to the airline.

India’s largest budget carrier, IndiGo, is the first airline to trial a feature that lets female passengers book seats next to other women to avoid sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with a man in a move designed to make flying more comfortable for female passengers, according to a CNBC report.

The airline’s booking process is fairly standard except for the seat map which highlights seats occupied by women with the color pink. This information is not visible to male passengers, according to the airline, CNBC reported. IndiGo did not immediately respond to CBS MoneyWatch’s request for comment on the new feature.

  • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’m gonna get another hate wave for this comparison, but this is just illustrative example, so hear me out first: should we allow white people to make separate white-only spaces on the same planes? We can absolutely try and justify it by the same “giving agency” argument, all while pointing out people of color do more crimes and can be, on average, more “dangerous”.

    Big, “People will call me racist for this” energy. You knew what you were gonna say was gonna be racist and shitty, but you said it anyway…

    Do you have a humiliation fetish or something? It’s like you want the downvotes…

    • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Not that I care of downvotes when I’m right.

      Yet you don’t seem to listen, instead going for labels and trying so so hard to make it personal in several threads at once.

      I don’t think this kind of conversation can remain productive.

    • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Bruh they are making at least one good point here. Meanwhile you are trying to do a character assassination and make baseless accusations. Fucking stop it.