EgyptAir Celebrates International Women's Day

International Women's Day was recently celebrated by the Egyptian Ministry of Aviation with a special aircraft with a female-only crew.

The Ministry of Aviation filmed the flight, which was in route to Athens, Greece, and made it available on YouTube on Tuesday.

Prior to Egyptian Women's Day, which occurs in the same month, the video was made public. It is commemorated on March 16 in recognition of the first female demonstration and participation of Egyptian women in the 1919 revolution. Famous women who participated in the protests included Huda Al-Shaarawy and Hamida Khalil, the latter of whom was killed by British fire. All 300 of the ladies who marched that day are now honoured on Egyptian Women's Day.

The ministry's publicly available video footage showed women in a range of roles and professions within the aviation industry. Aerospace engineers performing flight maintenance, service personnel working in duty-free stores, check-in counter employees, sales representatives, and public relations personnel were all represented. In addition to female pilots in training, the movie also showed female cabin crew personnel in training and on actual flights.

Many women were recognised for their services to the civil aviation industry on Tuesday as part of the festivities by Minister of Aviation Mohammed Helmy. Helmy expressed appreciation for women's contributions to society, including their roles in the home and the workforce, in a statement issued by the ministry on Monday.

Women were seen in a range of roles and professions within the aviation industry in the ministry's publicly released video clip. It featured aircraft engineers performing flight maintenance, service personnel working in duty-free stores, check-in counter employees, sales representatives, and public relations workers. Along with female pilots in training, the movie also showed female cabin crew personnel who were both in training and actually flying.