ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian Airlines will be operating an all-women functioned flight tomorrow on its Addis Ababa – Bangkok route. This flight is the first of its kind in Ethiopian’s 70 years of service.

The flight will be led by women flight deck crew members and senior female executives onboard. On ground flight preparations will also be conducted by women including cabin operations, airport operations, flight dispatcher, load controller, ramp operations, on-board logistics, aviation safety and security, ticket offices, catering, air traffic controllers as well as the global call centre.

Ethiopian Airlines’ Group CEO, Tewolde GebreMariam, said, “It is a great honour for us to have competent women aviation professionals at Ethiopian in every aspect of the aviation field, which portrays Ethiopian as a gender-responsive organization 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 Ethiopian on its fast growth trajectory.

“Above all, this is an ample opportunity to inspire young African female students to believe in their dreams and embark to fill the skill gap for aviation professionals. Women are the continent’s greatest untapped resources, and hereby fully dedicated to ensure the increase number of women in decision-making positions on top of key operational areas by consistently grooming and mentoring successor female employees for top managerial, technical and operational positions. We invite the whole world to watch our all-female operated long-haul flight to and from Bangkok.