12/03/2020 news Ethiopian operates all-women flight to US to inspire African pilots Ethiopian Airlines operated an all-women crew flight on 7 March 2020 to Washington DC, USA to highlight the airline’s progress in empowering African...
06/03/2020 news CAE launches 2020 Women in Flight pilot scholarships CAE has launched its second edition of the CAE Women in Flight scholarship with Southwest Airlines in the US. One outstanding candidate will be selec...
10/02/2020 news Tech entrepreneur to fund Wings Alliance scholarship for black British female pilot A Wings Alliance student, Paidamwoyo (Paida) Marizani, has been awarded the Arlan Hamilton & Earline Butler Sims scholarship, which is covering a ...
10/10/2019 news L3Harris awards US scholarship to female pilot L3Harris Technologies has partnered with SkyWest Airlines to award US scholarships totalling more than $100,000 to six women pilots to help pro...
12/09/2019 news CAE announces final two winners of 2019 scholarships CAE has announced the winners of the remaining two scholarships of its 2019 CAE Women in Flight programme. They are for AirAsia’s cadet pilot progra...
29/08/2019 news Olivia’s living the dream (to become an airline pilot) One of the winners of the 2019 L3 Pilot Pathways Female Scholarship, 22-year-old Olivia Clarke, will start a full-time integrated ATPL course with L3 ...
27/06/2019 news Why are so few airline pilots female? Why are so few airline pilots female and – just as important – why do so few apply for cadet positions? That’s what Aer Lingus wante...
18/06/2019 news Two UK cadets become CAE’s Women In Flight ambassadors Two British women are among the first three CAE Women In Flight ambassadors, CAE announced today at the Paris Air Show. The ambassadors will re...
04/12/2018 news L3 to part-sponsor ten female ATPL student pilots +VIDEO L3 Commercial Aviation is to part-sponsor ten female cadet pilots through their Integrated Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) training. L3 ...
23/11/2018 news easyJet hits new high as 15% of new pilots are female easyJet is well on its way to meeting its target of 20 per cent of new cadet pilot entrants to be women by 2020. The low-cost airline has achieved a n...
21/06/2018 news Tara’s breaking down barriers Female pilots are uncommon among airlines but black female professional pilots are even rarer. Even in the US, which is ahead of most nations i...
06/03/2017 news Air India claims record for all-female round the world flight Air India is claiming to have set a new record with the first round-the-world flight by an all-female crew. Last week, an Air India Boeing 777-200LR...