Emirates Airlines broadcast a video of a female crew of one of the Emirates Air Cargo flights on a Boeing 777 plane that stopped at several stations across 4 continents, to highlight the International Women's Day on its role in the aviation industry and its contribution to supporting the global economy and international trade.
Captain Eileen Rose from the United States and Senior Officer Heidi MacDiarmid from Australia led a cargo journey that covered several stations and covered 30,000 km in 10 days, joined by Captain Heather Wolf from Canada to lead the Frankfurt-Mexico City sector. The flight transported 300 tons of shipments of flowers, fruits and medicines, and set out from Frankfurt to Mexico City, then to Quito and Aguadilla, to Amsterdam, and Dubai was its last stop.
According to a statement issued by the company, women constitute 40% of the total workforce in Emirates Airlines, and most of them work as flight attendants and landers. The pilots come from 30 nationalities and ranges between 23 and 62 years old. The Emirates Group employs women of 160 nationalities, among them more than 1,100 Emirati women, in various jobs, tasks and locations, from operational departments such as air operations, engineering, aircraft maintenance, and the exterior appearance center of the planes in the Engineering, Supply, Air Cargo and Aircraft Parking Sphere, to the service sites at the airport. Commercial sales and customer affairs, to administrative sites and business support.
Abdulaziz Al Ali, Executive Vice President of Human Resources Management at Emirates Group, said, “Since the establishment of Emirates Airlines, women have played a vital role in the airline’s success story thanks to their talents and dedication to working in various fields. When we celebrate International Women's Day, we remember Their accomplishments are not only in Emirates Airlines, but also in the global aviation industry in general. We are happy and proud of the role that women of various nationalities in the Emirates Group play by achieving communication between different parts and societies of the world and motivating more women to enter the field of aviation. ”