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submitted 1 month ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

TBH even as a man I’d prefer to sit not with other men. They are bigger, for one thing. And overall less considerate, though of course they have no monopoly on that.

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 month ago

Though I'm sure the women wouldn't want to sit near a man who wants to sit with women lol

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I want seats next to nobody. How hard will that be to pull off?

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I want seats next to nobody. How hard will that be to pull off?

Just be a man on a flight full of women.

(No snark intended there - I'm neither a danger to any woman I sit next to, NOR offended if no women sit next to a strange man (me) they don't know on a flight - but I definitely see an upside where maybe in some circumstances I get an empty seat next to me that I would not have had.)

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