Air India Operates All Women Crew Flights For International Women’s Day

National carrier Air India has announced it has operated an all women flight on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The body said, in a statement, it has operated a flight on the Kolkata-Dimapur-Kolkata sector on Monday, with an all-women cockpit and cabin crew as part of its celebration of International Women's Day.

According to the release, Air India operated a flight AI709, an Airbus 319, which was operated by Captain Akanksha Verma and Captain Satovisa Banerjee in the cockpit, while the cabin crew comprised D Bhutia, MG Mohanraj, T Ghosh and Yatili Kath.

The flight was flagged off by Air India's General Manager, Personnel, Navneet Sidhu, along with other senior officials at the city airport — rolling out the events planned by Air India Eastern Region to commemorate the International Women's Day on 8 March, it said.

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Air India has plans to organize a series of cultural and creative events this week to commemorate the International Women’s Day, the release added.

In a first, Air India had operated the world's first ever all-women crew flight from Kolkata to Silchar, back in 1985.

The national carrier claimed it had created a world record in 2017 by operating the longest-ever all women crew flight around the world on the Delhi-San Francisco-Delhi route.

Also, the Airlines had in 2017 also said they would operate over 10 all-women crew flights in domestic routes, in celebration of International Women’s Day. According to 2017 data, the national carrier airlines employs almost 3,800 women in a workforce comprising 27,500 people.