The Ethiopian Airlines said it would operate an All-Women flight on its Addis Ababa-Bangkok route on Friday to crystallise its corporate conviction empowering women for sustainable growth.
The airline in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the flight would be the first of its kind in its 70 years service in the industry.
It said that the “historical flight” would be operated by an all-female crew, to be led by female deck crew members and senior female executives on board.
The statement added that on-ground flight preparations, including cabin operations, airport operations, flight dispatcher, load controller and ramp operations, would also be conducted by women.
According to it, others operations to be handled by the women for the flight are on-board logistics, aviation safety and security, ticket offices, catering, Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs) as well as global call centre.
“It is a great honour for us to have competent women aviation professionals in Ethiopian in every aspect of the aviation field,” the statement quoted the airlines’ Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Tewolde GebreMariam, as saying.
“This portrays Ethiopian Airlines as a gender responsive organisation that strives to pursue its underlying stance of being an equal opportunity employer.
“We are very proud of their achievements and contributions.
“And, it is our sincere belief that this will continue with an enhanced magnitude and passion to sustain the airline on its fast growth trajectory,” GebreMariam said.
The statement said that the planned Friday all-women operation was an opportunity to inspire young African female students to believe in their dreams to fill the skill gap for aviation professionals.
It pointed out that women were the continent’s greatest untapped resources, adding that the programme was dedicated to engender increase in the number of women in decision-making positions.
“We invite the whole world to watch our all-female operated long haul flight to and from Bangkok.
“It is to recall that Ethiopian Airlines has created a more conducive situation for new mothers, by launching a nursing room equipped with modern amenities, comfortable reclining chairs and refrigerators for the storage of breast milk.
“The fact that female employees comprise 30 per cent of the total Ethiopian Airlines employee population signifies the airlines’ core value of equal opportunity employer,” it said.
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