Ethiopian Airlines appoints its first female commercial flight captain
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APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Ethiopian Airlines on Thursday officially appointed its first female commercial flight captain, APA learns here.
The first female commercial flight captain, Amsale Gualu Endegnanew, took off her first flight on a Q-400 aircraft from Addis Ababa to Bahir Dar on an internal flight.
Captain Amsale joined Ethiopian Airlines Pilot Training School in 2000 and started her career as first officer in 2002, according to the Ethiopian airlines.
Since then she has worked on Fokker-50, 757 and 767 aircraft as first officer.
Designate chief executive officer of the Airline, Tewolde Gebremariam welcomed her at the airport on her return flight from Bahir Dar.
“It is well deserved as she has shown tremendous dedication to achieve the rank of captain,” said Gebremariam.
Ethiopian Airlines currently has four female pilots working as first officers.
The airlines, which claims to be Africa’s best airline, has a long history in getting various awards for its activities in the continent and beyond.
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that is realy a good news ,thank you ethiopian airlines to give a chance for our sisters to realise their dreams
as a pilot, …
We are so proud of her and of all the up and coming Ethiopian female pilots! Ethiopian women can and will stand shoulder to shoulder with our Ethiopian brothers to raise our beloved country back up to where it should be. God bless Ethiopia Forever!
Weldone Sister!
If given the chance women can do the same or more than a man.I hope EAL will give unstoppable encouragment and morale for a woman.
Other sisters…go up !go up!…don’t gave up.
Oh!!!!!!!!! it is ammazing news for me I Am very happy congra amsale
It is great news, however, Ethiopian Arilines has been around and has had other Ethiopian women participate as engineers etc….it is also not news worthy. There are female astronauts in the US and female everything in the world. It is not enough, need to do more. Ethiopian female has always taken part side by side with man but never received encouragement, there is tremendous negative outlook toward a women. Hope this will all change…