BA’s flight – Milan to London sector – was delayed several hours because a couple of Qatari royals (women) refused to sit next to strange men on the flight! The issue was resolved, after both the Italian authorities and Qatari diplomats intervened.
I understand that we all have different values and beliefs, which should be respected by others, but if Their Highnesses had arrived a little earlier at the airport, BA officials would tackled the issue by assigning them contiguous seats and that way the flight could have arrived ON TIME. OH, and a private jet would have done the job too. Grazie!