- Chidozie Uzoezie
Emirati Women’s Day: Emirates First Officers Spread Their Wings

To mark this year’s Emirati Women’s Day, five talented and passionate Emirati First Officers at Emirates helped put the spotlight on women in aviation, and the advancement of women in the UAE, by flying to five continents on the same day.
Watch the video, released on Emirates’ social media platforms, and see how these women literally spread their wings and spread a message of inspiration from the UAE to the world.

Emirati women continue to make their mark in the aviation industry. In the Emirates Group, more than 1,100 Emirati women are employed across diverse functions.

The women's professions span a myriad of roles across the company, from operational departments like Flight Operations and Engineering to frontline roles at Emirates Airport Services, Commercial Sales and Customer Affairs, to corporate functions like HR, Group IT, Finance and Commercial, among others.