IndiGo Launches First All-Women Aircraft Maintenance Engr Batch

By: WE Staff | Monday, 15 September 2025

• IndiGo inducted its first-ever all-women batch of 33 aircraft maintenance engineers (AMEs) on National Engineering Day 2025
• The batch underwent a 7-day induction with mentoring by senior leaders and women engineers
• Women constitute 44.8% of IndiGo’s total workforce, one of the highest in aviation

IndiGo has inducted its first-ever all-women batch of 33 aircraft maintenance engineers (AMEs) on National Engineering Day 2025, breaking ground in one of aviation’s most male-dominated domains. With women making up just 2.6 percent of maintenance technicians globally, the initiative marks a bold step in advancing diversity and inclusion. The recruits completed a week-long induction with mentoring from senior leaders and experienced women engineers, underscoring IndiGo’s focus on building not just entry-level representation but a long-term leadership pipeline.

The newly inducted women aircraft maintenance engineers will be part of IndiGo’s engineering department, which upholds some of the highest safety and reliability benchmarks in the industry. The airline reported a Technical Dispatch Reliability score of 99.89 percent in FY25 across its fleet of more than 400 aircraft.

IndiGo already has one of the most gender-diverse workforces in global aviation, with women making up 44.8 per cent of its total employees. This includes a strong representation among 791 pilots as of 2024, accounting for 15.28 percent of the airline's cockpit crew, the highest in absolute numbers across Indian carriers.

In percentage terms, however, Alliance Air and SpiceJet lead the industry, with women comprising about 16-17 percent of their total pilot strength, according to data tabled in Parliament by Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol in November 2024.

India fares well overall in terms of gender diversity in the skies, with women constituting over 15 percent of pilots, three times the global average of just 5 percent, according to the International Society of Women Airline Pilots.