Solving the puzzle of cabin interior supplier configuration management
When an airline or business jet customer specifies their aircraft interior, a huge number of highly engineered — and safety tested — pieces ... Continue Reading
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Why a clear pathway to growth is essential for diversity in aerospace
Ensuring diversity in aerospace and representative leadership requires active community engagement as well as the conscious and deliberate c... Continue Reading
Group Captain Jo Lincoln applauds RAF opening combat roles to women
Group Captain Jo Lincoln is Station Commander at Royal Air Force (RAF) Wittering, a major military airfield around 100 miles north of London... Continue Reading
Combining strategic purchasing with empowering women employees
In the era of COVID-19, strategic purchasing is increasingly important in aviation, because the risk that smaller suppliers in particular ar... Continue Reading
Leading women in STEM push for greater diversity in aerospace
The aerospace sector can enrich itself by welcoming people from diverse backgrounds, identities and lived experiences. It can ensure better ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Hundreds of young people start training with LHT
Despite facing the biggest crisis in the company’s history, Lufthansa Technik AG continues to consistently focus on the vocational tra... Continue Reading
Press Release: Latitude Aero names Winfree director of operations
Latitude Aero, a turnkey aircraft seating overhaul provider, recently named Melissa Winfree as Director of Operations. This is a promotion f... Continue Reading
Teenager and septuagenarian back in the air as UK lockdown eases
Seventeen-year old aviators are rare and 17-year old female flyers even more so, but Ellie Carter is no stranger to being unusual. Bitten by... Continue Reading
Press Release: SEKISUI Kydex names Karyn McAlphin as design director
SEKISUI KYDEX, LLC works to intertwine the worlds of design and manufacturing. The relationship is interdependent – design informs and chall... Continue Reading
Rising like a phoenix from the ashes to conquer the skies anew
This is not the whole story, but we don’t have time. I’ll tell you the full tale over a beer when we next meet at an aviation event. We’ll h... Continue Reading
Role models are key to improving diversity: LeAnn Ridgeway of Collins
United Technologies is serious about enhancing diversity within its ranks, having dedicated itself to addressing the corporate leadership ga... Continue Reading
Attracting girls to STEM requires grassroots change: Eirini Dimitroula
Inmarsat’s head of operations, aviation business unit Eirini Dimitroula believes grassroots change is needed to attract girls into eng... Continue Reading
Air cargo industry scholarship recipients dream big
Not everyone remembers the point in time when they decided their future, but for Natalya Shemigon, it became crystal clear when she saw the ... Continue Reading
Press Release: WAI board appoints Allison McKay as new CEO
The WAI Board of Directors is pleased to announce Allison McKay will join Women in Aviation International as CEO on February 18, 2020, and i... Continue Reading
Launch of woman-owned FlyJets aims to yield green BizAv company
Jessica Fisher has what it takes to launch a new business aviation company, joining the small pool of women entrepreneurs who run businesses... Continue Reading