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Japan Airlines scraps ‘ladies and gentlemen’ in favour of gender-neutral greetings – The Guardian
Airline becomes first in Japan to make move as part of commitment to tackle gender-based discrimination
Japan Airlines is replacing ladies and gentlemen in its in-flight and airport announcements with gender-neutral expressions, beginning in October.
The formerly state-owned airline will use phrases such as all passengers, good morning and good evening in its English announcements. The standard term used in Japanese minna-sama an honorific form of everybody is already gender neutral.
Air Canada and EasyJet began using gender-neutral greetings last year, but Japan Airlines (JAL) is the first Japa…
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