Fly Girls: Inspiring the continued fight for women’s equality
Like many other women and men in aviation, I am looking forward to seeing the 10-part FlyGirls documentary series, but I recently discovered... Continue Reading
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Lindsay Cunningham builds impressive career at Airbus Helicopters
Introducing young people to aviation can open up a world of ideas and opportunities that they might not have considered before. For Airbus H... Continue Reading
Sikorsky’s Jeanette Eaton on credibility, professionalism and flying helis
Commercial helicopter pilot, engineer and saleswoman Jeanette Eaton is passionate about rotorcraft. It’s an enthusiasm she’s passing on to t... Continue Reading
APEX ARC chair on making inroads in IFEC advertising and diversity
Personalized, targeted advertising has changed the face of online advertising on the ground, but it hasn’t yet been exploited in ways ... Continue Reading
WILL Rise: How UTC is preparing women for leadership
On 16 January, UTC subsidiaries Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney hosted the inaugural Women In Line Leadership (WILL Rise) Conferen... Continue Reading
A second look at the Queen in her golden years
Full disclosure: I have a very personal reason for loving the 747 ‘Queen of the Skies’. She took her first flight on the very same day that ... Continue Reading
Cathay Pacific’s Vivian Lo exemplifies benefits of curious generalist
Across Vivian Lo’s wide-ranging career within Cathay Pacific, the airline’s current general manager customer experience & design has app... Continue Reading
Solo at 16: Ellie Carter does the hard work for a flying career
Ellie Carter is a pilot, newly qualified at 16 years old. She’s still at school, studying hard for exams which she knows are the next step t... Continue Reading
ABM aviation industry group president Alex Marren leads by example
Alex Marren, SVP and president, aviation industry group, at ABM Industries was the first person in her large, extended Greek-American family... Continue Reading
SmartSky CCO Nancy Walker talks engineering and integrity
With NASA, Thales and Leonardo DRS already on her CV, Nancy Walker this year accepted the chief commercial officer position at inflight conn... Continue Reading
How two key Finnair programs use diversity to drive results
Airlines are global companies, and perhaps more than any other business have the opportunity to learn from the diversity of their staff memb... Continue Reading
Sabre’s head of NDC on STEM, #MeToo and the value of sticky notes
Kathy Morgan, vice president and Head of NDC at Sabre Corporation is helping airlines manage one of the most challenging IT programs in rece... Continue Reading
Women in Plastics make their mark in male dominated industry
With single-use plastics accumulating in oceans and on beaches, it’s easy to see why the messaging around plastic in general isn’t a wholly ... Continue Reading
Immfly’s Maria Cardenal on big leaps in innovation and representation
Maria Cardenal started her career in aviation in 2007 as head of ancillary revenue and product development at Clickair, and spent nearly nin... Continue Reading
Amadeus SVP airlines Julia Sattel on encouraging women to be fearless
Julia Sattel, senior vice president airlines at Amadeus IT Group does not fit in a cube, and she likes it that way. She has worked at Amadeu... Continue Reading
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