SWISS operates all-female crew flights for International Women's Day

In rostering such an unusual crew, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is helping to mark this year’s International Women’s Day by raising the visibility of women within the aviation sector. The company is hoping, too, to encourage more women to consider a career in the air transport field.

Women presently make up just over five percent of SWISS’s cockpit crew corps. The proportion is rising though: 13 percent of students currently undergoing their pilot training are female. At SWISS’s TechOps division, women presently account for just under eight percent of the workforce. But in this traditionally male preserve too, numbers of female employees are growing.

SWISS is taking active steps to promote these trends and persuade even more women to seek an aviation career. Its actions include conducting events aimed specifically at a female audience at which women pilots will present and explain their profession and working lives to interested attendees and answer their questions.

In operating these all-female-crew flights on International Women’s Day, SWISS... said Head of Human Resources Christina Trelle: “We’re convinced at our company that diversity is vital to success promotes innovation benefits team dynamics Women have firm place aviation every aspect thereof And by rostering special flight rotation shining light role play showing paths cockpits technical services world ground handling partners open Our aim not just encourage more women join industry create general working environment talent passion performance count whichever gender may ”

SWISS will report on Saturday’s special flights with its all-female crew via its social media channels. After arrival from Gothenburg back in Zurich photos available Newsroom. ###