Delhi-based airline Vistara introduced a new program in March aimed at ensuring the comfort and safety of women flying solo. #VistaraWomanFlyer allows women traveling alone the option to request specific seats, and also provides baggage and transportation assistance and even escorts to walk women to taxis. If a flier doesn’t request a certain seat, the airline will still ensure she receives either a window or an aisle position, rather than a middle seat. Sanjiv Kapoor, Vistara’s chief strategy and commercial officer, told HuffPost in a statement that the airline’s initiative is based on “intuitive thoughtfulness,” noting many of its solo female travelers request assistance. “One of our core values is ‘intuitive thoughtfulness.’ We observed the preferences of solo women travellers on our flights, and noticed that they often sought assistance on ground upon arrival at their destinations, mostly either regarding their baggage or to reconfirm the safest and most reliable options for airport transfers. Some even shared their feedback with us that they would like proactive assistance on arrivals, both with luggage and with ground transport/ booking of taxi, especially at night. As part of this optional service, solo women travelers are not assigned middle seats, again based on feedback and intuitive thoughtfulness.” Vistara currently flies domestic routes in India, but has plans to expand and “intends to provide this service on international flights,” according to CNN