How old were you when you traveled alone? Probably in your teens, right? I mean no parent would want their child to travel alone while they are young. It is majorly a safety concern and also because the children don’t know how they are supposed to maintain conduct on their own without any supervision.
But a mom from Mumbai dared to do so. She let her baby girl travel all alone on a flight for the first time ever. Of course, she had her reasons that forced her to do so.
A video of the seven-year-old girl traveling by herself from Vadodara to Mumbai is being circulated in the internet.
This was initially posted by the girl’s mom, Ishna Batra, on Instagram, where the little girl is seen boarding a flight and then meeting her mother as she came to pick her up at the airport.
As mentioned in the caption, the girl is named Anaaya. And her solo trip was no less than an adventure as she took the IndiGo flight without her parents or guardian. Anaaya was traveling back from her maternal grandmother’s house.
Batra also explained the procedure of the flight and lauded the smooth process of the airlines.
“My whole heart, my 7-year-old traveled alone on a flight. Thank you@indigo.6efor such a smooth process! The procedure was first to fill the form by a parent/guardian in respect of an unaccompanied minor customer traveling on flight Indigo. This cost 2200 Indian rupees. Also, identity needs to be attached of the concerned person who would go to pick her up and no other person apart from that individual is allowed to take the child,” Ishna wrote.
“She was escorted by ground staff at the departure airport after which she was handed over to the air hostess onboard. After landing the air hostess handed her to the ground staff at the arrival airport who called me and told me to meet them at a certain place outside the airport and I had to show my identity along with signing the form that I have received her! But I’m so proud of my little girl and as a parent it makes me feel good to take such decisions to make her independent! She told me mamma next time I want to go alone on a longer flight and my heart is so full,” she added.
A full-time mother, a part-time social media influencer and blogger, plus a fitness freak, Ishna Batra is a ‘mom blogger’ and an influencer. She has been celebrating her motherhood with her two beautiful children and her social media handle is a reflection of her multiple roles. She has inspired women all over social media to live the life they want.