Air India CEO Campbell Wilson. File
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Air India on March 8 mentioned 15% of its 1,825 pilots are ladies pilots, making it an airline with the most important quantity of female pilots.
To mark International Women’s Day, the Tata Group-owned Air India, together with Air India Express and AirAsia India, has scheduled greater than 90 all-women crew flights, and the carriers have been working these all-women crew flights on worldwide and home routes since March 1, based on a launch.
“Of the 90+ flights operated by all-women cockpit and cabin crew, Air India is flying 40 flights across domestic and international locations, whereas AI Express is operating 10 all-international flights to the Gulf route and AirAsia India is operating over 40 flights within India,” it mentioned.
According to the provider, ladies represent greater than 40% of Air India’s workforce, with 275 of its 1,825 pilots being ladies, representing 15% of the cockpit crew power and making it an airline having one of the most important numbers of female pilots.
Air India CEO and Managing Director Campbell Wilson mentioned India has the most important quantity of business ladies pilots on the planet.
“With more Indian women pursuing careers in aviation, we are achieving gender equality in the workforce. We are proud of the women workforce with us at Air India today, and we thank each of them for sending out a powerful message that women can excel in any field,” he mentioned. At Air India Express and AirAsia India, greater than a 3rd of the workforce includes ladies.
“Several women play a key role in various departments, including in the domains of finance, commercial, human resources, customer happiness, flight training, technology, flight dispatch, engineering, safety and operations control. The two airlines have a total of 97 women pilots,” the discharge mentioned.
