In a first of its kind in India, full-service carrier Vistara which is owned by Tata Group, has announced a “#PadsOnBoard” initiative, under which it will provide sanitary pads onboard to women travellers on request, starting from this International Women’s Day on March 8.
“This initiative makes Vistara the first Indian airline to offer sanitary pads on flights within India,” the airline said in a statement. This move will help plenty of women travellers who travel by flights and forget to carry their sanitary products. While several railway platforms and airports have placed sanitary pad dispensing machines, it is for the first time that an airline will offer sanitary napkins. This has been a welcome move and everyone on social media has lauded Vistara Airlines for their effort in moving a step closer to be inclusive towards women.
“Vistara’s cabin crew will make in-flight announcements on all flights to create awareness among travellers that sanitary pads are now available onboard for customers to freely ask for it if they need it.”
This #InternationalWomensDay, Vistara is proud to be India’s first airline to provide sanitary pads aboard all domestic flights, starting 8th Mar ’19. These pads are organic & bio-degradable. #PadsOnBoard #VistaraForWomen #VistaraWomanFlyer #WomensDay #NotJustAnotherAirline pic.twitter.com/A1jmmoYYky
— Vistara (@airvistara) March 6, 2019
The airline recently announced the launch of services to Raipur and Dibrugarh, taking its destinations served to 24 with a fleet of 22 Airbus A320 aircraft operating over 800 flights a week.
