To commemorate the movement for women’s rights, International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year. Below a selection of tweets from the aviation industry, chosen from thousands of other tweets in honor of IWD.
Happy #WomensDay! Today we remember Raymonde de Laroche (https://t.co/610mWo2oPn), the French pioneer who opened the doors to all the aviatrix https://t.co/7bgkZXIxdC#PublicDomain #Avgeek pic.twitter.com/3zeShTBLq4
— Aviation Commons (@aviationcommons) March 8, 2018
AerLingus
Great shout @AerLingus pic.twitter.com/sjpbrGb1cg
— jamie heaslip (@jamieheaslip) March 8, 2018
AirBaltic
This year we celebrated International Women’s Day, by joining an all-female flight crew flying from Riga to Vilnius, onward to Tallinn, and back to Riga. Take a look behind the scenes!?????? pic.twitter.com/S3LZFlmUES
— airBaltic (@airBaltic) March 8, 2018
Air Canada
We’re marking International Women’s Day with two very special intercontinental flights operating with all female pilots and flight attendants and handled by female crews in boarding, ramp and specialized airport operations. #IWD2018 #FlyTheFlag pic.twitter.com/EZOppjumkU
— Air Canada (@AirCanada) March 8, 2018
ATR
We are celebrating the #IWD2018! ? #WomensDay #internationalwomensday2018 pic.twitter.com/A9v4NJOWpw
— ATR (@ATRaircraft) March 8, 2018
Austrian Airlines
#Servus from our all women’s crew flying from Vienna to Berlin on today’s World Women’s Day. pic.twitter.com/ad7xsE8KnO
— Austrian Airlines (@_austrian) March 8, 2018
British Airways
We are so excited to be celebrating #IWD2018 with the first end-to-end all female flight, thanks to the amazing women across our operation! #proudtoBAwoman pic.twitter.com/D7qvevG2Tu
— British Airways (@British_Airways) March 8, 2018
easyJet
This #IWD2018 we’re celebrating an easyJet record, with 100 of our female pilots taking to the skies today! Meet some of our inspirational flight crew below ????? #SheFlies pic.twitter.com/w4EuJVFVIT
— easyJet (@easyJet) March 8, 2018
Ethiopian Airlines
Today we made history again by operating an all women functioned inaugural flight to Buenos Aires. #Newdestination #girlpower #March8 #InternationalWomanDay #empoweringwomen #Argentina pic.twitter.com/uJGsbZQ7Hg
— Ethiopian Airlines (@flyethiopian) March 8, 2018
Kenya Airways
Thank you for helping us soar higher each day.
Happy International #WomensDay #PressforProgress pic.twitter.com/uedLwYEUmO— Kenya Airways (@KenyaAirways) March 8, 2018
Lufthansa
#A380 Kapitänin Rena Achten und Senior First Officer Katharina Peter startklar für unseren #FlyingLab Flug #LH440 von @Airport_FRA nach @iah // Ready for takeoff flight LH440 to Houston with our @Airbus A380 Captain Rena Achten and SFO Katharina Peter! #worldwomensday #sxsw pic.twitter.com/rcGbpmXSvP
— Lufthansa News (@lufthansaNews) March 8, 2018
Pakistan International Airlines
To all the women – you’re unique, you’re special, and you’re empowered! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. The women at PIA are strong and dedicated, and these strong women are the strength behind PIA! Happy Women’s Day! #PIA #InternationalWomensDay ?? pic.twitter.com/W3TJYmQSCV
— PIA (@Official_PIA) March 8, 2018
Sonaca
Meet the women behind Sonaca Aircraft!
From left to right : Marie, Laetitia, Alexandra, Pauline, Frédérique, Claudine, Foutoun#IWD2018 @Sonaca_Aircraft pic.twitter.com/zemdvfWr9D— Sonaca Aircraft (@Sonaca_Aircraft) March 8, 2018
SWISS
To mark today’s International Women’s Day, SWISS operated flight LX974 from #Zurich to #Berlin this morning with an all-female crew. #worldwomensday #IWD2018 pic.twitter.com/WBsVIAkqic
— Swiss Intl Air Lines (@FlySWISS) March 8, 2018
Thomas Cook Airlines
Our full crew just before take-off ? @manairport this morning #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/brxpIbjYbr
— Thomas Cook Airlines (@TCAirlinesUK) March 8, 2018
