By Iminza Keboge
Published February 24, 2019
Do you ever long for a flight that is planned and operated by women from flight deck all the way to the ground including airport operations, flight dispatch, load control, ramp operation, on-board logistics, safety and security, catering and air traffic control?
Addis Ababa-based Ethiopian Airlines, one of Africa’s leading carriers, could fulfill your dream on International Women’s Day–March 8, 2019–when it flies an all-women operated flight on its Addis Ababa – Stockholm – Oslo route.
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The theme of the flight is ‘All women functioned flight to operate from the continent of African to meet with their counterparts in Europe to show the power of women to the world’.
From flight deck all the way to the ground including airport operations, flight dispatch, load control, ramp operation, on-board logistics, safety and security, catering and air traffic control, Ethiopian says, the flight shall be under the charge of Ethiopian Airlines women professionals.
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“We are immensely honoured that we have women trailblazers in every aspect of our aviation field. Women are an integral part of our success story from the start and with this dedicated flight we honour and celebrate their indispensable contribution to our aviation Group and the broader aviation industry, our country and the continent at large,” says Tewolde GebreMariam, Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines. “Although women are Africa’s greatest resource, gender inequality still persists in our continent . Therefore, we all need to ensure that women take their right position in all human endeavour by creating the right conditions and through all inclusive engagements models.”
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Ethiopian Airlines says its female aviation professionals have in the past operated four flights to Bangkok (Thailand), Kigali (Rwanda), Lagos (Nigeria), and Buenos Aires (Argentina).
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