Yearly, the start of March marks the celebration of Girls of Aviation Worldwide Week, a time to spotlight and honor the numerous achievements of ladies within the aviation trade and empower extra ladies to pursue careers on this historically male-dominated subject. Dedicated to the ideas of equal alternative, SmartLynx Airways is sustaining a 40/60 gender stability within the firm. With ladies at present representing 39% of the corporate’s personnel, there may be nonetheless progress to be made, notably inside the flight and cabin crew, to work towards an much more balanced illustration. This method is a part of a broader effort to foster gender variety throughout numerous male-dominated sectors inside aviation.
In keeping with the latest knowledge from the Worldwide Civil Aviation Group (ICAO), which showcases the gender distribution throughout numerous classes inside the aviation sector, SmartLynx Airways at present stands above the European common of seven.1% in technical roles. Remarkably, ladies represent over 1 / 4 (27%) of the airline’s technical division personnel.
Lilija Boltovska, Deputy VP Technical at SmartLynx Airways, highlights the evolving panorama of the aviation trade: “Whereas aviation stays a predominantly male setting, we’re witnessing a constant rise in younger ladies embarking on careers in aviation engineering. Working within the technical division presents its distinctive set of challenges for girls, but it’s an immensely rewarding subject. Finally, it’s the standard of your skilled contributions and the outcomes you obtain that matter most. I firmly imagine that success in aviation just isn’t gender-dependent however is the results of exhausting work and dedication.”
In 2021, SmartLynx dedicated to rising the variety of ladies represented within the firm by taking part in IATA’s #25by2025, which goals to boost variety, fairness, and inclusion (DE&I) within the aviation trade. Since then, SmartLynx has improved the outcomes and elevated the entire share of ladies employed within the firm by 3%, and it expects this quantity to maintain rising. At SmartLynx, there’s a promising and gradual improve within the variety of feminine pilots, a sector traditionally underrepresented within the aviation trade and much more so inside the ACMI (Plane, Crew, Upkeep, Leasing). In comparison with 2021, a lot of feminine pilots at SmartLynx has elevated virtually 3 times, and the quantity is predicted to develop.
Ruzica Vukovic, A320 Captain SmartLynx Airways: “Since early childhood, being a pilot was my solely profession possibility, and now I can’t consider anything I might moderately do. After I first joined SmartLynx, there have been simply six of us – feminine pilots. Now, there are such a lot of that I’ve misplaced rely. Witnessing the arrival of latest feminine colleagues brings me pleasure and makes me notice how far we’ve are available aviation. For any girl aspiring to an aviation profession, I can actually say that being a pilot affords the liberty to work globally and discover the world but additionally ensures substantial monetary safety. The journey is really rewarding.”
