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Leading Ladies Summit leads the way for women in industry

A movement aimed at accelerating the journey to gender parity for women has taken the aerospace industry by storm. Founded and led by CEO Fi... Continue Reading

Etihad Airways Captain Aisha Al Mansoori achieves historic first

Women in the United Arab Emirates, and the greater Middle Eastern region, have been making their mark in aviation for quite some time. There... Continue Reading

Tiffany Black stands in front of the mural. The mural is a colorful piece, with circles building up to add more detail to the art as it gets larger and larger.

IND Airport’s traveling mural tells the story of Afghan refugees

A complex and colorful mural now on display at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) draws on the experiences of 7,000 Afghan evacuees wh... Continue Reading

Pam Almand is sitting in a Stearman aircraft.

The 747 Captain who gives voice to Amelia Earhart

It took just one flying lesson for Pamela Almand to abandon her art degree in favor of becoming an airline pilot. She did this nearly fifty ... Continue Reading

Senay Günay photographed here in flight in the cockpit of an aircraft.

Turkey’s Şenay Günay on the challenges, rewards of being first

In the 1950s, a Turkish woman named Şenay Günay broke with convention to become one of the first female jet pilots in Turkey. Now 84 years o... Continue Reading

Three women stand arms around each other posing for a photo.

Efforts underway to grow minority businesses at LAX and other airports

The COVID-19 pandemic hit the airport business hard and presented many challenges for minority airport business owners. Now, as air travel ... Continue Reading

A young girl is sitting in a miniature replica of a fighter jet.

Engineer Dana Kirchmar seeks to inspire girls to pursue STEAM

SmartSky Networks’ Dana Kirchmar came to engineering through serendipity. Now she wants to get girls excited about engineering careers... Continue Reading

JetBlue Crew members are seen walking up a white staircase.

Press Release: JetBlue now accepting applications for pilot Gateways

JetBlue today announced it is once again accepting applications for its pilot Gateways. With seven distinct education and training paths for... Continue Reading

Pictured (L-R) are: Alice Ewert, Laura O’Hare, Gail Doran, Aine Cotter and Catherine Parr. All of the women are standing ascending a stair case with a bright orange wall behind them.

Press Release: Female execs at Collins in County Down make their mark

County Down aircraft seating manufacturer, Collins Aerospace has made a commitment to increase the number of females in leadership roles wit... Continue Reading

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Press Release: Viasat teams with airline customers to support UN Women

Viasat Inc., a global communications company, today announced it has partnered with five of its global airline customers — Aeromexico, Azul,... Continue Reading

New statue honors Mary Golda Ross, a Native American ‘hidden figure’

The first known Native American female engineer and the first female engineer at Lockheed is being honored with a statue of her likeness at ... Continue Reading

United Aviate Academy students Image: United

Press Release: United opens flight school, welcomes historic pilot class

United, the only major U.S. airline to own a flight training school, officially opened United Aviate Academy today and welcomed a historic i... Continue Reading

Teshome says she never works a typical day at aviation services provider Krimson Aviation. Image of the executive at her desk taken by Krimson Aviation

Helina Teshome of Krimson Aviation flies the flag for women, diversity

Africa is vast: the US, China, India, Japan and much of Europe would fit within its coastline with room to spare. It is also extraordinarily... Continue Reading

Dr. Shefali Juneja sitting at the computer with multiple flags behind her.

Tackling unlawful interference for ICAO, meet Shefali Juneja

Dr. Shefali Juneja, who has served as representative of India to the International Civil Aviation Organization since August 2019, is the fir... Continue Reading

Press Release: IAMA welcomes Nina Schulz as managing director

IAMA, the Independent Aircraft Modifier Alliance, is proud to welcome Nina Schulz as its new managing director. The accomplished modificatio... Continue Reading