Girls run the present on Qatar Airways Cargo flight

When Qatar Airways Cargo flight QR8960 took off from Doha en path to Shanghai on March 5, it may need appeared like a routine cargo run. But it was something however. That’s as a result of the flight marked the primary time a Qatar Airways Cargo freighter plane has operated with an all-female crew and all-female floor employees.  

To have fun the event, a number of feminine employees members from Qatar Airways Cargo participated in a gaggle photograph session, donning purple vests and expressing their solidarity with ladies everywhere in the world. In accordance with the corporate, the colour purple represents justice and dignity, and is related to Worldwide Girls’s Day, a world vacation that highlights the ladies’s rights motion, bringing consideration to points resembling gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse in opposition to ladies.

“As a lady who has labored within the trade for over 20 years, I’m proud to see the good strides females have made within the area of aviation and air cargo,” Elisabeth Oudkerk, senior vp cargo gross sales and community planning for Qatar Airways Cargo, mentioned in a launch. “It’s an trade that has so many alternatives and so many various roles. I encourage any lady searching for a profession on this trade to pursue their dream.”