The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has set a record by issuing a decade-high number of Commercial Pilot Licences in 2023 with a remarkable 22.5 per cent increase in CPLs to women.
In a significant stride forward, the aviation regulator DGCA has achieved an unprecedented milestone by issuing 1,622 Commercial Pilot Licences (CPLs) in 2023 against 1165 licences in the year 2022, witnessing a 39.22 per cent increase.
According to the data revealed by DGCA, 18.12 per cent of CPIs are women pilots, with a remarkable upswing of 22.5 per cent as compared to the year 2022. It is estimated that 14 per cent of the workforce employed by Scheduled Airlines consists of women pilots.
