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Why India produces twice as many women airline pilots as the US. India has the highest percentage of female pilots globally, the International Society of Women Airline Pilots estimates, with about 12.4%...- Flown by 4 women pilots, Air India's longest direct route SFO-BLR polar route flight takes offThe four -- Captains Zoya Aggarwal, Papagari Thanmai, Akansha Sonaware and Shivani Manhas -- became the first all-women crew to operate a f...
- Harpreet Singh appointed CEO of Alliance Air, first woman to head an Indian carrierHarpreet Singh was the first woman pilot to be selected by Air India in 1988. However, she could not fly due to health reasons and has been...
- Sky no bar: Despite struggle, an impressive 12% of Indian pilots are womenThe US has the maximum number of women with over 3,000 in its large pool of pilots but they still constitute only 5% of the overall count.
- Aviator family clocks 100 years of flights togetherFlying in and out of Delhi to various parts of the country and the world the family can only manage to be together five to six days a month.
- How India's women pilots are breaking the gender barrier to soar highHarpreet Singh Dey said, families are willing to back girls who want to pursue the profession even regardless of whether they’re married or...
- Air India’s Dreamliner develops technical snag on first dayA cooling unit, meant to prevent the power generating equipment of the aircraft from getting overheated, malfunctioned when the aircraft wa...
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