In order to allow women passengers to have a comfortable flight, Air India has come up with a plan to offer solo women passengers and mothers a choice of alternate seats on their flights. They would be preferably given a window seat or an aisle at their convenience.
A circular to this effect has been issued. The same privilege will also be extended to children travelling alone and seated in centre seats.
These measures are being taken to avoid any issues between male and female passengers after it was brought to their notice that women passengers travelling alone felt uncomfortable when they were assigned a middle seat.
According to an airline employee, every flight has at least 10 % solo women passengers and it may not be practical to follow this directive.
Aviation expert Mohan Ranganathan came up with a practical idea that the concerned department should handle the situation and allot window or aisle seats to solo women passengers at the time of booking itself.
