{"id":22370,"date":"2020-03-07T20:18:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T01:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=22370"},"modified":"2020-03-07T22:14:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T03:14:49","slug":"air-india-flights-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/air-india-flights-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"India has Maximum Number of Women Pilots in the World; Air India Proves It this Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cIndia is the country with a maximum number of women pilots in the world, be it in Air India or Indian Air Force. This is a testimony of the contribution made by women to the aviation sector.\u201d<\/strong> Indeed! India has outperformed most of the developed countries in recruiting women pilot for airlines. Globally, the total number of airline female pilots is 8061, which constitutes a little more than 5% of over 1.5 lakh airline pilots worldwide, as per the 2018 statistics available with the International Society of Women Airline Pilots.<\/p>\n The total number of Indian women pilots for airlines is almost equal to 13% of the total female airline pilots in the world.<\/strong> India has 1092 women pilots, including 385 women captains for commercial airlines, as of the year 2018. The biggest US airlines, including United Airlines<\/span><\/a> with 7.5% female pilots and Delta Airlines<\/span><\/a> with even lower 4.4% female pilots, lag behind the national carrier of India, of which women pilots form 12.4% of its total pilots.<\/p>\n Air India alone, which operates most of the nonstop flights to India from the US<\/span><\/a>, the UK and other parts of the world, has 217 women pilots to operate its fleet. Air India\u2019s Women\u2019s Day celebration is a testimony to the increasing female pilot strength of the country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This Women\u2019s Day 2020, Air India took the lead in operating 52 flights with all-women crew, including 12 international and 40 domestic<\/strong>. Celebrating the women power of India, Air India\u2019s all-women-crew flights hit 12 international routes in medium-haul and long-haul ranges.<\/p>\n New Delhi to San Francisco, Delhi IGI to New York JFK, Delhi to Chicago ORD, and New Delhi to Washington DC are the long-haul international routes Air India\u2019s #WomensDay2020 special flights with all-women crew hit today. Mumbai to New York, the newest route for nonstop Air India flights<\/span><\/strong><\/a> to the United States is not exempt to the airline\u2019s all-women-crew flight today. Each of these nonstop flights takes more or less 16 hours 30 minutes.<\/p>\n Air India\u2019s all-women crew comprising pilots, ground-handling staff, engineers, flight dispatchers, flight attendants and onboard doctors took charge of B787 Dreamliner and B777 aircraft to operate the 12 international flights on the Women\u2019s Day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n On International Women\u2019s Day 2020, Air India\u2019s medium-haul flights to London, Sydney, Rome, Paris and Shanghai from New Delhi<\/span><\/a>; and to London and Shanghai from Mumbai<\/span><\/a> are operated by all-women crews taking charges from the ground to the cockpit to the travel cabins.<\/p>\n Also Read: A Sneak Peek into Glamorous Days of Air India Hostesses<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Air India\u2019s #WomensDay2020 special flights with all-women crew hit the domestic skies for as many as 40 routes, sending a message of women empowerment and celebrating its women workforce<\/strong>. The airline\u2019s chairman and managing director Ashwini Lohani referred to the women crew as Nari Shakti (women power) while congratulating them for operating a record number of flights on their own.<\/p>\n We at Travel Beats, an overseas Indian community portal by Indian Eagle Travel<\/a><\/span>, believe that Air India and its women workforce will play a great role in realizing India\u2019s Aviation Vision 2040<\/span><\/a>. Happy International Women\u2019s Day!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cIndia is the country with a maximum number of women pilots in the world, be it in Air India or Indian Air Force. This is a testimony of the contribution made by women to the aviation sector.\u201d Indeed! India has outperformed most of the developed countries in recruiting women pilot for airlines. Globally, the total […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[25,43,233],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a><\/p>\n