International praise for empowering Saudi women

Saudi Civil Aviation Authority helps empower a new female professional team in Riyadh and Jeddah airports. (SPA)

• Saudi Aviation Authority was proud of having Saudized 99 percent of its departments

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation is training Saudi women for jobs in key departments, including air traffic control, in a move commended by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as empowering women.
The organization congratulated GACA for accepting 130 women in Riyadh and Jeddah, its second batch of female trainees, for the Air Traffic Control Diploma program.
GACA President Abdulhakim bin Muhammad Al-Tamimi said the authority was proud of having Saudized 99 percent of its departments, and urged civil aviation firms in the Kingdom to fulfill their national duty and follow suit.