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.

  • ramenshaman@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    As far as I know, yes. The Internet has taught me to not bring a woman with me if I ever go to the Holi festival in India. I’ve never been to India, I hope the internet is wrong but I had an Indian coworker who told me the same thing.