Airline lets women pick seats next to other female travelers in #GirlPower move

Women get priority boarding on this airline.

A popular carrier is giving women the option of selecting seats next to other women.

IndiGo, one of India’s biggest airlines, recently launched the new feature on a pilot basis.

The budget airline will allow female travelers to see where other women are sitting when they select their seats online.

The option has been made available to solo female passengers and those traveling as part of a group booking.

“IndiGo is proud to announce the introduction of a new feature that aims to make the travel experience more comfortable for our female passengers,” the airline said in a statement to CNN.

“We are committed to providing an unparalleled travel experience for all our passengers, and this new feature is just one of the many steps we are taking towards achieving that goal.”

The company announced the update as part of its “#GirlPower ethos” but did not elaborate on the decision to allow women the choice.

The news comes as airline passengers have become increasingly unruly in recent years — starting fights and sexually assaulting fellow travelers and staff aboard the aircraft.

A recent report from the FBI revealed the organization opened 96 in-flight sexual assault cases in 2023.

“Typically, men are the perpetrators, and women and unaccompanied minors are the victims,” the report stated.

Earlier this year, a man from Detroit was hit with federal charges after he allegedly drunkenly propositioned two flight attendants twice about joining the mile-high club with him during his first-ever flight, federal prosecutors say.

He was arrested on one count of interference with flight crew members, a charge that carries up to 20 years in jail.