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Air India being on the verge of disinvestment, the Government of India appointed the national carrier\u2019s first woman pilot as the CEO of Alliance Air.<\/strong> Air India\u2019s regional subsidiary, Air Alliance will not be sold off with its parent airline as per media reports. The first-ever woman pilot of Air India in 1988, Harpreet A De Singh is currently the national airline\u2019s executive director for flight safety. Now she is all set to don the hat of the first-ever woman CEO in the history of Indian aviation.<\/p>\n

The President of Indian Women Pilots\u2019 Association, Harpreet A De Singh will be succeeded by Captain Nivedita Bhasin. Captain Nivedita is one of Air India\u2019s most senior commanders in charge of operating Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Reportedly, she will be at the helm of several other departments given her experience in aviation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Picture Credit: The Logical Indian (left), Air India (right)<\/p><\/div>\n

Though selected as India\u2019s first woman commercial pilot in 1988, Harpreet A De Singh had a short stint in the cockpit due to her health issues. However, the sky is the limit for her career in commercial aviation<\/strong>. Alongside heading Indian Women Pilots\u2019 Association, she has been Chairman of \u2018Aeronautical Society of India.\u2019 Being a qualified instructor certified by DGCA, Harpreet Singh gives technical training to all the pilots, flight engineers and flight despatchers across the fleet of Air India.<\/p>\n

The First Woman Chief of Flight Safety in India, Harpreet A De Singh is the first woman to be monitoring the emergency response in an airline<\/strong>. She has also been Air India\u2019s first lead auditor and evaluator for international quality and safety standards. Furthermore, she is the first woman to be leading the airline\u2019s quality management systems. The initiative \u2013 Angels of Air India for Humanitarian Response \u2013 was her brainchild. Heading the fuel management and operational efficiency program was among her previous roles.<\/p>\n

A role model for aviation career enthusiasts, Harpreet Singh has seen a steady growth of Air India\u2019s team of women pilots over years; some of them are operating air bubble flights to and from India<\/a> <\/strong>under the Vande Bharat Mission. India has the maximum percentage of women pilots for commercial flights, according to the 2018 data given by the International Society of Airlines\u2019 Women Pilots.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cockpit jobs caught the imagination of Indian women in the second half of the 1980s and the first decade of the 21st<\/sup> century, following the decades of glamorous Air India hostesses<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also Check: Everything about Hassle-free Travel on Air Bubble Flights<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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