IndiGo's big announcement, more than 1000 women pilots will fly the company's planes

The aviation sector in India is continuously growing and in terms of domestic flyers, it has become one of the top countries in the world. In such a situation, the country's largest airline Indigo has made a big announcement. 

The company is going to increase the number of its female pilots to more than 1,000 soon. It has made full preparations for this. This means that soon female pilots will start getting jobs on a large scale in Indigo.

IndiGo says that the reason behind this decision is the company's aim to make its workforce more diverse and inclusive. The company will increase the number of women pilots in its total workforce to more than 1,000 by next year. Currently, the company has about 800 women pilots.

The company's emphasis is on inclusivity

IndiGo Group's Chief HR Sukhjeet S. Pasricha says that the company is promoting inclusivity on a large scale in every segment including airline engineering and flying staff. In view of this, the company has decided to increase the number of women pilots. He says that the company is working on a 360 degree approach to promote inclusivity.

Overall, there has been a growth of about 30 percent in the number of women in the engineering segment. Currently, IndiGo has the highest number of women pilots among all the airlines in the country. 

This is about 14 percent of the total pilots of the company. Even at the global level, the average number of women pilots in airlines is 7 to 9 percent.

The target will be achieved by 2025

IndiGo says that the target of taking the number of women pilots beyond 1,000 will be achieved by August 2025. IndiGo currently operates more than 5000 flights daily. 

The company has a total of more than 5,000 pilots. On the occasion of Independence Day, the company on Wednesday inducted 77 women pilots for its Airbus and ATR aircraft.

IndiGo had 36,860 permanent employees as of 31 March 2024. This included 5,038 pilots and 9,363 cabin crew. The count included 713 women pilots. It also includes employees from the LGBTQ category.