Ashish Ranjan
Women’s Day: Wednesday, Air India announced that 15% of its 1,825 pilots are women, making it the airline with the highest proportion of female pilots.
The Tata Group-owned Air India, along with Air India Express and AirAsia India, has scheduled more than 90 all-female crew flights to commemorate International Women’s Day. These flights have been operating on international and domestic itineraries since March 1, according to a press release.
“Of the 90 flights operated by all-female cockpit and cabin personnel, Air India operates 40 domestic and international flights, AI Express operates 10 international flights to the Gulf route, and AirAsia India operates over 40 flights within India,” the report stated.
According to the carrier, women make up more than 40 percent of Air India’s personnel, and 275 of its 1,825 pilots are female, representing 15 percent of the cockpit crew strength and making it one of the airlines with the highest proportion of female pilots.
Campbell Wilson, CEO and Managing Director of Air India, stated that India has the largest number of female commercial pilots in the globe.
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At Air India Express and AirAsia India, women make up over a third of the workforce.”Various departments, including finance, commercial, human resources, customer satisfaction, flight training, technology, flight dispatch, engineering, safety, and operations control, are staffed with a significant number of women. The two airlines have 97 female pilots in total “said the release.
