Is IndiGo’s seat-selection option the answer to women’s safety in the skies?

While the airline touts its initiative as a step towards ‘girl power’, concerns abound about privacy, how it unfairly shifts the responsibility onto female travellers and having to pay a lot more.

18 June, 20249 min
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