In a move to provide some comfort to the female passengers, IndiGo came up with a new facility.
Female Flyers Can Select Seats Next To Other Female
With the use of this facility, the female passengers will be able to see which all seats have been pre-booked by females at the time of web check-in.
This will help them accordingly select their seats if they wish to do so.
The airline came up with this feature, saying it has been introduced after market research to make “travel experience more comfortable for our female passengers.”
Further, the airline said, “The feature offers visibility of seats booked by female passengers, only during web check-in. It is specifically tailored to PNRs with women travelers — solo as well as part of family bookings.… (this is) currently in pilot mode aligning with our ‘girl power’ ethos,” in a statement.
It works simply, at the time of seat selection, it shows seats that have been pre-booked by female travelers.
If we talk about the rationale behind this move, this will allow female travelers, especially if traveling solo, to pre-book a seat next to one occupied by another female for safety reasons, if they want to.
A Hasty Move By Singapore Airlines (SIA)
In another development, some frequent fliers have described Singapore Airlines (SIA) in-flight service protocol following the recent severe turbulence on its plane as a hasty move, as per a media report on Thursday.
The airline seems to already be having repercussions on its service offerings and driving up stress levels of cabin crew.
Further the media reported that the overall requirement of suspending meal service and “cabin crew members must buckle up when the seat-belt sign is turned on”, has had a ripple effect on passengers and crew.
It appears that SIA implemented more comprehensive safety measures in place shortly after Flight SQ321 from London to Singapore experienced severe turbulence on May 21, leaving a passenger dead and dozens injured.
Prior to this only hot drinks and soup were not allowed to be served when the seatbelt sign was turned on.
But now, the service could continue at the discretion of the crew, but meal service must now be completely paused.
This incident was experienced during the flights inbound (towards Singapore) from Europe pass over a patch of the Andaman Sea known for turbulence, according to The Straits Times, which cited reactions from crew members and passengers.
There was more than an hour of turbulence during her recent three-and-a-half-hour flight flying a Singapore-India route, said one of the flight attendants.
Citing the event, the cabin crew had very little time to carry out meal service.
