Etihad VP of guest services Linda Celestino talks #PaxEx, leaning in
Linda Celestino was named Etihad’s vice president of guest services in February 2015. In her job, she oversees 6,000 cabin crew at a carrier... Continue Reading
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Breastfeeding pilots file discrimination charges
Four women pilots at Denver-based ultra-low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines on 10 May filed discrimination charges with the Equal Employment ... Continue Reading
Anne-Sissel Skånvik tells the story for Norwegian
Sometimes the familiar road you travel in life takes a turn and you wind up in pleasant but totally unexpected place. So it is with Anne-Sis... Continue Reading
SEKISUI exec navigates path between engineering and marketing
For engineers, and the teams who manage, market and deliver their products, technical competence is a must. But for many of those senior sta... Continue Reading
Gogo test pilot Nadia Kountoures spans oceans with her 737
As a nine-year-old Nadia Kountoures caught the aviation bug at the Chicago Air and Water airshow, even though she doesn’t come from an aviat... Continue Reading
In living her truth, pilot Kelly Lepley breaks down boundaries
“I have wanted to fly since I was 18 months old,” pilot Kelly Lepley tells Runway Girl Network from her latest layover in Hong Kong. “It sta... Continue Reading
India reevaluates why it’s keeping pregnant pilots grounded
NEW DELHI: A few years ago a passenger on an Indian budget carrier caused an uproar on learning that the captain was a woman. “I don’t... Continue Reading
Time to right the wrong and allow WASPs to be interred at Arlington
“This is not a time when women should be patient. We are in a war and we need to fight it with all our ability and every weapon possib... Continue Reading
Emirates seeks women pilots at Women in Aviation Conference
With women pilots and all-women flight crews making headlines at International Women’s Day events around the globe on Tuesday it was e... Continue Reading
All-women flights can’t disguise persistent gender gap on flight deck
On a recent flight from Frankfurt to New York, Captain Beatrice Beyer and First officer Diana Busch worked together side by side in the cock... Continue Reading
Lufthansa highlights need for gender parity on Women’s Day
In 2011, the Lufthansa Group set itself the goal of increasing the percentage of women in management positions by 30% by 2020. Since then, o... Continue Reading
Researcher Sophia Yang walks the science/project line
Besides an impressive four patents and four publications to her name, architected materials research scientist Sophia Yang was a member of t... Continue Reading
WOW Air’s TF-GAY plane and Qantas’ Gay380 fly LGBTQIA colours
Icelandic low-cost carrier WOW Air is flying the pride flag with its latest aircraft, an Airbus A330-300 registered TF-GAY — arriving this m... Continue Reading
Travel is a privilege, and the privileged should stand up to injustice
When Runway Girl Network asked for my thoughts on the travesties of justice for Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice and so ... Continue Reading
Middle Eastern women pilots keep their eyes on the skies
Alia Twal, a first officer who flies for Royal Jordanian Airlines, is a trailblazer in her home country of Jordan. From an early age Twal fo... Continue Reading
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