Boeing to Women: Aviation needs you!
With over 2 million new pilots, cabin crew and technicians expected to be collectively needed in the next 20 years to meet rising demand wit... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Women in Aviation
Wendy Francette-Williams’ mission: transform Caribbean aviation
A tiny firebrand standing just over five feet tall, Wendy Francette-Williams has enough drive and determination to fill a giant’s frame, as ... Continue Reading
Beverly Goulet: over two decades with American Airlines
The pressure – and the spotlight – was on Beverly Goulet when she was named senior vice president and Chief Integration Officer ... Continue Reading
Airbus CEO answers lack of senior women, ethnic minorities
HAMBURG — At the question and answer session that closed the Airbus Innovation Days here in Germany’s aviation capital, Runway Girl Ne... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: A busy time for women in aviation
Welcome to Episode 35 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Benét Wilson, founder and sole proprietor of Aviation Queen, an a... Continue Reading
Obama signs bill reinstating Arlington burial for women WWII pilots
President Barack Obama has signed the Women Airforce Service Pilot Arlington Inurnment Restoration Act after it passed unanimously in the US... Continue Reading
Fifth grade USO-style girl group HOPE takes flight at B-17 tour stop
Founded in 1941 by Mary Ingraham at the request of then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United Service Organization’s (USO) missi... Continue Reading
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
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
#PaxEx TV: Collaborative civil aviation research takes off in Hamburg
Runway Girl Network has been following the story of the ZAL TechCenter civil aviation research facility in Hamburg for quite some time. The ... Continue Reading
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