AI’s all-women crew flight from Kolkata

Kolkata, March 4 

National carrier Air India has said it operated a flight on the Kolkata-Dimapur-Kolkata sector today with an all-women cockpit and cabin crew as part of its celebration of International Women’s Day.

The flight AI709, an Airbus 319, was operated by Captain Akanksha Verma and Captain Satovisa Banerjee in the cockpit while the cabin crew comprised D Bhutia, MG Mohanraj, T Ghosh and Yatili Kath.

The flight was flagged off by Air India’s General Manager, Personnel, Navneet Sidhu along with other senior officials at the city airport—rolling out the events planned by Air India Eastern Region to commemorate the International Women’s Day on March 8, it said. — PTI