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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    3 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.

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      3 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.

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        3 months ago

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

        You want the bloody moon on a stick, you!