Etihad Airways’ First Female Pilot Offers Inspiration in a Breakthrough Career
Photo Credit: Aisha Al Mansoori is Etihad Airways' first female pilot and captain. Skift
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Etihad captain Aisha Al Mansoori didn't so much break the glass ceiling as much as soared through it.
Aisha Al Mansoori, the first female pilot at Etihad Airways, is in luck. The airline will re-introduce her favorite plane, the superjumbo Airbus A380, next summer as travel demand continues to rebound.
“It’s one of the most amazing aviation products out there," Al Mansoori said of the A380 at the Skift Global Forum East in Dubai on Wednesday. She first flew the Airbus superjumbo in 2016. So it is Al Mansoori's good luck that Etihad is planning to return four A380s to the skies in about six months.
Etihad parked its 10 A380s in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic decimated global air travel. At the time, it was not clear whether the aircraf
