SmartLynx Airlines advances toward gender balance in personnel 

Yearly, the start of March marks the celebration of Ladies of Aviation Worldwide Week, a time to spotlight and honor the numerous achievements of girls within the aviation business 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 the moment representing 39% of the corporate’s personnel, there may be nonetheless progress to be made, notably throughout the flight and cabin crew, to work towards an much more balanced illustration. This strategy is a part of a broader effort to foster gender range throughout numerous male-dominated sectors inside aviation.

In line with the newest information from the Worldwide Civil Aviation Group (ICAO), which showcases the gender distribution throughout numerous classes throughout the aviation sector, SmartLynx Airways at the moment 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 business: “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. In the end, it’s the standard of your skilled contributions and the outcomes you obtain that matter most. I firmly imagine that success in aviation will not be gender-dependent however is the results of arduous 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 range, fairness, and inclusion (DE&I) within the aviation business. Since then, SmartLynx has improved the outcomes and elevated the entire proportion of girls employed within the firm by 3%, and it expects this quantity to maintain rising. At SmartLynx, there’s a promising and gradual enhance within the variety of feminine pilots, a sector traditionally underrepresented within the aviation business and much more so throughout the ACMI (Plane, Crew, Upkeep, Leasing). In comparison with 2021, numerous 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 the rest 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 depend. Witnessing the arrival of recent feminine colleagues brings me pleasure and makes me notice how far we’ve are available in aviation. For any girl aspiring to an aviation profession, I can really say that being a pilot presents the liberty to work globally and discover the world but in addition ensures substantial monetary safety. The journey is really rewarding.”