SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh-based Flynas to recruit Saudi women as co-pilots
Riyadh-based carrier Flynas has announced plans to recruit Saudi women to work as co-pilots and flight attendants for the first time. Women are not legally barred from working in the aviation sector, but jobs as flight attendants with Saudi carriers have largely been held by female foreign workers from countries such as the Philippines. A […]
SAUDI ARABIA – Riyadh-based Flynas to recruit Saudi women as co-pilots
Riyadh-based carrier Flynas has announced plans to recruit Saudi women to work as co-pilots and flight attendants for the first time.
Women are not legally barred from working in the aviation sector, but jobs as flight attendants with Saudi carriers have largely been held by female foreign workers from countries such as the Philippines.
A spokesman for Flynas told AFP news agency on Thursday that nearly 1,000 Saudi women applied for co-pilot positions with the airline in the past 24 hours.
In its call for applications, the low-cost carrier said it was “keen to empower Saudi women to play an important role in the kingdom’s transformation”.