Globally, just 5.18% of commercial pilots are women, according to the Air Line Pilots Association International trade union. Indian airlines employ the highest proportion of female pilots at 12.4%. That’s according to the latest statistics from the International Society of…
Category: Pilots
Short of pilots, IndiGo asks ATR to defer delivery
Mumbai: IndiGo has asked aircraft manufacturer ATR to defer deliveries of its turboprop planes due to a shortage of pilots, said two people aware of the development, the first such postponement by the airline. India’s biggest airline by market share…
Meet Aarohi Pandit and Keithair Misquitta, the first women in the world to fly a Light Sport Aircraft from India to Greenland
Two young women in their tiny plane landed onto a runway at Karachi a few weeks ago, becoming the first women civilian pilots in India to undertake a circumnavigation of the globe in a Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). Captains Aarohi…
Number of women pilots doubles to 1,000 in 4 yrs
New Delhi: “Watch out Mr Trump, all our ladies are headed your way!” This message had gone viral on Air India pilots’ WhatsApp groups a few months back when the airline celebrated Women’s day by having all-female crew on its…
Meet Ladakh’s Second Muslim Woman Pilot: Kaneez Fatima 24
Srinagar: Kaneez Fatima is Ladakh’s second woman pilot. She is 24. Soon after she completed her training, Air India hired her. Ladakh’s first Muslim pilot is Hina Masood who is already working with Air India. The rise of Kaneez Fatima…
India soars above global average in hiring female airline pilots
New Delhi: India has the highest proportion of female commercial pilots in the world at 12 percent, despite the country’s patriarchal society, which typically frowns on women in such jobs. “It was difficult,” Shweta Singh, a senior trainer at Jet…
Kashmir woman gives wings to her dream, set to fly commercial aircraft
A resident of downtown Srinagar, Iram Habib is set to become the first woman from the city to fly a commercial aircraft. According to a report in The Tribune newspaper, Iram (30) kept her dream to fly an aircraft alive…
Female pilots: Aviation industry lagging in ‘pilot gender equality’
The percentage of female pilots is very low and growing only slowly, according to an organization that analyzes aviation trends. The Centre for Aviation (CAPA) say that they are not encouraged by trends on women in airline management. They declare…
Indian aviation sector faces tremendous shortage of pilots; can hit pace of growth
New Delhi: Aviation sector in India is on a roll as it is seeing massive growth year-on-year. Considering the growth in the sector, airlines like Indigo and SpiceJet have placed orders for as many as 1,000 planes, which will be…
Women airline pilots: a tiny percentage, and only growing slowly
It is 109 years since Baroness Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to fly solo in 1909. In spite of the significant contribution to aviation made by a large number of women over more than a century (the Pioneer…