In recent years, some women have become pilots in Iran’s aviation industry, although it is still rare.
An Iranian airline has carried out a rare all-female flight, landing for the first time in the holy city of Mashhad in the northeast of the country, state media reported on December 22, 2024.
The Aseman Airlines flight, piloted by Shahrzad Shams – one of Iran’s first female pilots – was carrying 110 passengers.
The plane, dubbed “Iran Banoo” (Iranian Lady), landed at Hasheminejad International Airport in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city, home to the revered Imam Reza shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam.
“For the first time, an all-female flight with female passengers and crew has landed in Mashhad,” the official IRNA news agency said, without specifying where the flight took off.
According to the state-run IRNA news agency, the trip to Mashhad coincides with the anniversary of the birth of Fatima al-Zahra, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad.
In recent years, some women have become pilots in Iran’s aviation industry, although this is still rare.
In October 2019, pilot Neshat Jahandari and co-pilot Furuz Firuzi became the first women to fly a passenger flight in the history of the Islamic Republic.
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