IATA: 25by2025 gains momentum with 59 airlines joining campaign

IATA announced (11-Dec-2019) 59 airlines have committed to the 25by2025 campaign which seeks to address gender balance in civil aviation. Participating airlines make a voluntary commitment to:

• Increase the number of women in senior positions (to be defined by the member airlines) by either 25% against currently reported metrics or to a minimum representation of 25% by 2025;
• Increase the number of women in under-represented jobs such as pilots and in operations),by either 25% against currently reported metrics or to a minimum representation of 25% by 2025;
• Report annually on key diversity metrics.

The airlines committed to are from Europe (36), the Asia Pacific (10), the Americas (7) and Africa & Middle East (6). They represent 30.24% of passenger traffic, covering both traditional carriers and LCCs. [more - original PR]