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| British Airways in alleged racism |
| They staged a protest after which they say the airline asked them to arrange for their own accommodation and have the expenses reimbursed.
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| INDIA
, 24-January-2008
1:35:48 AM |
| A few Indian passengers on a Chennai-London flight have accused an airline of racial bias as it allegedly provided accommodation only to white-skinned people.
British Airways flight BA36 from Chennai to London was postponed due to a technical snag. And hile foreign passengers were reportedly provided hotel accommodation and many routed through other airlines, at least fifteen Indian passengers claim they were left to fend for themselves.
They staged a protest after which they say the airline asked them to arrange for their own accommodation and have the expenses reimbursed.
''They were escorted separately by the British Airways' team,'' said Dr Mugilan, Indian passenger.
''An assumption was made that Indian passengers will not protest or will not require that kind of attention as a foreign passenger. British Airways needs to realise the consumer power of passengers, that Indians travel in a majority of flights leaving from India,'' said Dr Subhashini Chandrasekar, an Indian passenger.
In an e-mail to NDTV, British Airways has refuted the allegation of racism. It said:''The airline's multi-national, multi-cultural workforce is one of its great strengths. It finds any form of discrimination abhorrent.''
The incident is being seen as a sort of racial discrimination against Indians.
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