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.

    • DinosaurSr@programming.devEnglish
      221·
      4 months ago

      Yeah, sorry about that.

      Edit: actually though, I wouldn’t mind being seated in something like a “family” section. It really is hard to keep babies and toddlers still and quiet on a plane (or anywhere), and I always feel bad for the people sitting next to us.

      • Kalysta@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        You’d have to get airlines to treat people like something more than money making sardines before they will give you a family section.

        Empty seats in that section they only view as lost money and really don’t care about your experience flying

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      17·
      4 months ago

      It doesn’t help when airlines split people up for not paying the “don’t get split all over the fucking plane” charge.

      Then you end up with kids running between parents and standing all over people.

      Honestly fuck airlines for making basic things an optional extra. It costs them literally nothing to sit a family all together.

      • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        7·
        4 months ago

        Every time I book a flight I get so mad because there are so many little things that are up charges that should be default.

        • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
          5·
          4 months ago

          You mean you want to take bags? And you want to sit down?

          You want the bloody moon on a stick, you!

    • norimee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      4 months ago

      I rather have a toddler continously kick my seat on a long haul flight than dealing with a overly “friendly” and intrusive guy who thinks its his right to bother me for 12 hours because I’m stuck there.