Qantas and Jetstar mark International Women’s Day with 50 all-female flights
March 8, 2025
Qantas and Jetstar are marking International Women’s Day 2025 by operating over 50 flights with an all-female crew.
Throughout the past week, more than 250 female pilots, cabin crew, engineers, and operational staff have been involved in planning, dispatching, and operating the flights.
These include services across Qantas, QantasLink, and Jetstar, covering more than 20 routes across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.
Aviation has long been a male-dominated industry, with men still holding the majority of roles as pilots and engineers.
However, the Qantas Group says it has made significant strides in addressing this imbalance. Initiatives aimed at promoting gender diversity in aviation include the expansion of the Qantas Group Pilot Academy, which has doubled the number of scholarships available to female and First Nations students, offering 20 scholarships to broaden the talent pipeline.
Women now represent 20% of the apprentice intake at the Qantas Group Engineering Academy, while 35% of Jetstar’s engineering graduates in 2025 are women.
Group Chief People Officer Catherine Walsh said: “While progress is being made, change isn’t going to happen overnight.
“It starts in our schools. We’re expanding our school outreach to promote aviation as a career to encourage girls to dream big when it comes to their career and follow their interests in STEM.
“Our hope is that young girls will see these incredible women thriving in a technical career to give them the confidence to explore a role that will see them in a hangar, in the flight deck or running this airline in the future.”
