Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Air India will operate over 40 flights with all women crew on International Women's Day on Sunday. According to a company statement, Air India would operate more than 40 flights on domestic and international routes, with all women crew including the non-stop flight to San Francisco. "Women cockpit and cabin crew of Air India are operating both wide and narrow body aircraft..to salute woman power in sync with our socio-cultural ethos", the statement said. It added that Air India is perhaps the only airline to operate so many domestic and international flights, operated and supported by women employees.
Air India to operate more than 40 flights with all women crew
New Delhi: Air India's all-female crew of which flew from New Delhi to San Francisco with Air India CMD Ashwani Lohani during a felicitation programme organised on the eve of International Women's Day in New Delhi on March 7, 2017. The airline has also applied for a Guinness World Record as the flight's captains to the cabin crew, check-in and ground handling staff -- were women. Even the engineers, who certified the aircraft, and air traffic controllers, who cleared its departure and arrival, were women. (Photo: IANS)
