Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa joint venture SunExpress signed the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) 25by2025 initiative at the Wings of Change event held in Istanbul on 8 November.
The voluntary 25by2025 initiative aims to increase the representation of women in the aviation sector and raise awareness about gender equality in the sector.
Aviation companies that signed the initiative are committed to increasing the number of women in senior roles across their organizations by 2025, and increasing them in areas where women's representation is low.
SunExpress CEO Max Kownatzki stated the following in his assessment on the subject:
“At SunExpress, it is very important to us to provide a working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion that allows our colleagues to thrive. Providing equal opportunity to everyone is among our top priorities. For this purpose, we formed our diversity and inclusion committee, a first in the Turkish aviation industry, where our employees work voluntarily. We are now reinforcing our commitment in this area by signing this important initiative.”
Stating that they will continue to move their brands forward by providing more opportunities to women, Kownatzki said, “Our female colleagues have a great effort at every stage of our operations in the air and on the ground, and we are proud of this.” said.
IATA Managing Director Willie Walsh said: “I am pleased to see SunExpress's commitment to promoting gender diversity in the aviation industry as one of the signatories of the IATA 25by2025 initiative. As an industry, we are committed to improving the gender balance in aviation, and we will make progress by turning the 25by2025 commitment into results.” used the phrases.
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