The country's largest airline company IndiGo Airline has made a big announcement. The airline company has decided to increase the number of women in its workforce. IndiGo has announced the appointment of 1000 women pilots.

IndiGo Airlines: The country's largest airline company IndiGo Airlines has made a big announcement. The airline has decided to increase the number of women in its workforce. IndiGo has announced the appointment of 1000 women pilots. The airline has decided to increase the number of women pilots to above 1,000 within a year. Let us tell you that currently there are more than 800 women pilots in the airline, which is only 14 percent of the total number of pilots.  

Focus on increasing women's workforce  

The Indian aviation sector is constantly moving towards growth. In view of the growing aviation sector, the company is focusing on increasing the number of its female pilots. IndiGo has announced that soon more than 1000 women workforce will be included in its workforce. This means that soon female pilots will start getting jobs on a large scale in IndiGo. IndiGo is expanding its fleet and network.  

The hiring of 1000 female pilots  

IndiGo aims to add more than 1000 women pilots in a year. In an effort to promote diversity and inclusiveness, airline company IndiGo aims to increase the number of women pilots in its workforce to more than 1,000 by next year. The airline, which is expanding its fleet and network, currently has more than 800 women pilots. 

Sukhjeet S Pasricha, Group Chief Human Resources Officer, IndiGo, said that the airline is promoting inclusivity in a big way by working in every field including engineering and flight staff. He said, "We are promoting diversity and inclusivity in every work area. We adopt a 360-degree approach for this." The number of women in engineering has increased by about 30 percent overall. According to him, IndiGo has the highest number of women pilots, which is now more than 800. 

The company has about 14 percent women pilots, while the global average is seven to nine percent women pilots. He said we will cross the number of 1,000 women pilots in a year (by August 2025). The airline, which operates more than 2,000 flights daily, currently has more than 5,000 pilots. On Wednesday, IndiGo inducted 77 women pilots for its Airbus and ATR aircraft to celebrate 77 years of the country's independence. The airline had 36,860 permanent employees as of March 31, 2024, including 5,038 pilots and 9,363