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Saudi Arabia: The crew of a flight from Riyadh to Jeddah consisted exclusively of women

THE low cost airline flyadeal announced today that it made its first flight to Saudi Arabia with a crew consisting exclusively of women.

According to company spokesman Imad Iskandarani, it was a flight from Riyadh to Jeddah. All seven crew members were women – six of them Saudi women. The nationality of the seventh, the pilot of the aircraft, was not specified.

The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed the announcement by flyadeal, a subsidiary of the state-owned company Saudia, and welcomed the participation of women in the aviation sector.

In 2019, the first flight with a female co-pilot took place in Saudi Arabia.


Source: News Beast

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