Aviation industry pledges improvements in gender equality and carbon reduction
The main trade association of global airlines ended 2019 with pledges to address two of the biggest issues facing the industry: the glaring shortage of women in leading positions and the growing «flight-shaming» movement. The International Air Travel Association (Iata), which has around 290 member airlines, acknowledged it needs to communicate better with the general […]
Pilot gender imbalance will take time to fix: EasyJet
A global imbalance in the number of female compared with male pilots is going to take «some time to change», believes EasyJet’s chief operating officer Chris Browne. Speaking at the Accelerate Aviation conference in London today, Browne says that worldwide only 5% of pilots are female and that «until recently» they could all fit on […]
Most Influential Female CEO in Technology Award went to Hitit
Nur Gokman, CEO of Hitit Computer Services, has been awarded "Most Influential Female CEO 2018 in Technology" by Corporate Vision Magazine (CV), as the 2018 CV award went to Hitit"™s CEO for the first time. CV magazine recognized Nur Gokman"™s management achievements that have led to Hitit being among the world"™s leading IT providers in […]
IATA Calls for Gender Diversity in Airlines
Airlines need to do more to attract women pilots, engineers and executives if they are to cope with the industry doubling in size in the next 20 years, an executive at the International Air ransport Association has said. According to Travel Weekly, during the World Tourism Forum in Lucerne, Switzerland, on Friday, IATA senior vice […]
Female Lufthansa pilots are taking off
Today, on International Women’s Day, six crews from Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels consisting only of women made their morning flights from the Lufthansa Group hubs to Berlin. The jets that set off from Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, Vienna, Zurich and Brussels were each flown by two female pilots. «We specifically look out for potential […]
easyJet to recruit more female pilots
easyJet, Europe"™s leading airline, has today launched a new initiative to increase the proportion of new entrant easyJet pilots who are female. This is part of a new strategy to encourage the development of female pilots at all ranks and positions and will widen the pipeline of women who enter our pilot community. Just over […]
