Women of Finnair highlight business case for diversity
The imbalances in gender and other aspects of diversity in the aviation industry are slowly but surely changing, demonstrated recently to Ru... Continue Reading
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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce leads Australian business in LGBTQIA support
Standing head and shoulders above the crowd in support for marriage equality for Australia’s LGBTQIA citizens is Qantas’ chief e... Continue Reading
Airport concessions overseer Juanita Britton began career as busy bee
Juanita Britton, also known to friends and colleagues as “Busy Bee,” comes by the moniker honestly. She started her first business – a lemon... Continue Reading
Retired but not retiring, BA’s Catherine Burton reflects on pilot career
Catherine Burton never expected to retire as British Airways’ most senior woman pilot when she began flying Vickers Viscount turboprop airli... Continue Reading
Bombardier marketing powerhouse Christine De Gagne on leaning in
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft (BCA) this year made its first-ever appearance at the renowned Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg. But while ... Continue Reading
China Southern dispatcher on the need for more women in her field
When Elle Lee was growing up in the Northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi, she was fascinated by the China Southern Airlines jets taking off n... Continue Reading
Male domination in aviation colors #PaxEx: Flyers Rights’ Creighton
Flyers Rights’ jet-setting director of communications, Kendall Creighton, was born in New Rochelle, New York, raised in Alta Loma, Cal... Continue Reading
Woman CEO of hit travel app Hitlist readies for next stage of growth
“We are a meta of a meta if you really think about it.” That’s how the founder and CEO of Hitlist describes the fast-growing travel app, whi... Continue Reading
Rockwell Collins factory exec learns from experience and from mom
Janice Warren, the 47-year old VP and General Manager of Winston Seating Operations at Rockwell Collins attributes her professional success ... Continue Reading
EasyJet leads charge to boost female pilot numbers
EasyJet captain Marnie Munns is on a mission to persuade more girls and women to join her in the cockpit and boost the stubbornly low number... Continue Reading
Vintage book shows aviation hero status was not only afforded to men
Browsing through a selection of vintage books at my favorite thrift shop on the Outer Banks, I laid hands on a tattered little treasure publ... Continue Reading
Melissa Myers: Experiencing my first flight in a small plane
I had been dreaming of this my entire life, and I had a smile plastered on my face from ear-to-ear. It was September 24, 2011, the day I was... Continue Reading
Pilot and LGBT advocate Adelynn Mrosko soars with UND and NGPA
When she was a teenager in rural Ohio, a chance meeting with a neighbor led Adelynn Mrosko to her first flight at the controls of an aircraf... Continue Reading
Former teacher seeks to attract girls to STEM with Fly Like a Girl
When Fly Like a Girl director Katie McEntire Wiatt was a little girl she wanted to be everything from a Broadway star and a chef to an Olymp... Continue Reading
TAM Airlines CEO Claudia Sender on harnessing a culture of diversity
A job at consulting from Bain & Company in the early 2000s was Claudia Sender’s entry into the aviation industry. She is now among a han... Continue Reading
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