SDG 05: Gender Equality

Japan Airlines ditches 'ladies and gentlemen' for gender-neutral greetings

A staff member of Japan Airlines wearing a protective face mask and gloves cleans the cabin of a plane which performed a domestic flight, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan May 26, 2020. Picture taken May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - RC262H9ILONT

Air Canada and European low-cost carrier EasyJet said last year they would drop 'ladies and gentlemen'. . Image: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Beh Lih Yi
Correspondent, Thomas Reuters Foundation
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