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A journalist has said she was fat-shamed by Emirates staff at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, where the airline’s staff allegedly misbehaved with her and refused to give her a reclining seat.
“This is 2024 and I can’t believe this still happens. I was fat shamed by @emirates staff at New Delhi airport. Not only they misbehaved with me, but gave me a non reclining seat on an overnight journey. As I board the flight, I’m in tears yet their ground staff is rude af,” she wrote on the X website.
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Responding to the post, Emirates wrote, “We’re sorry to hear this Srishti. You can submit your feedback here http://bit.ly/2H6ebBk. Our Customer Affairs team will review it and get back to you. DM us if you need further assistance.”
The woman’s post captured the attention of several social media users, some of whom demanded action against its staff. One of the commenters said, “It’s not something you expect from @emirates. I have always heard such good things about their hospitality. Hope you are feeling better.” Another X user wrote, “I’m sorry to hear that. They should apologise and take action against this immediately.”
“I have gone thru Immigration of 6 countries at multiple times and I can vouch that UAEs (at Dubai) was the worst. They do single out Indians for sure,” a third user reacted. “I too had bad experience when flew from Emirates from Mumbai to sydney,” another netizen wrote.
