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

      Unfortunately, kids can’t go in the cargo hold. Something about needing air and warmth.

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      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.

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        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

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      3 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.