Jetstar Pacific introduces 1st female capt

August 04, 2018 - 07:00

Lê Thị Bích Hồng, 33, has been promoted to become the first woman captain at budget airline Jetstar Pacific, after she notched 4,000 hours of flying aircraft Airbus A320, the company said in a statement on August 2.

Lê Thị Bích Hồng, 33, is the first female captain of the budget airline Jetstar Pacific. — Photo courtesy Jetstar Pacific
Viet Nam News

HCM CITY — Lê Thị Bích Hồng, 33, has been promoted to become the first woman captain at budget airline Jetstar Pacific, after she notched 4,000 hours of flying aircraft Airbus A320, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

The company said Hồng, who had worked as a pilot in command on an Airbus A320 of Jetstar Pacific, started her flying the daily air route from Hà Nội to HCM City in 2013. As a captain, she will be responsible for all crew members and all aspects of the flight.

She is the youngest pilot of the airline so far.

The low-cost Vietnamese airline said it has 41 pilots flying on 36 domestic and international routes.

Việt Nam has six female pilots working for Vietnam Airlines, and two budget airlines, Vietjet and Jetstar Pacific. The youngest captain was Huỳnh Lý Phương Đông, 31, who is working for Việt Nam Airlines, while the youngest pilot was Nguyễn Kim Châu, 29, of Vietnam Airlines.

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