Iran Air, the country’s flag carrier, decided to employ female pilots in its personnel, ''Armenpress'' reports, referring to Tehran Times.
''This is highly significant for us to have female pilots among our personnel'', Farzaneh Sharafbafi, CEO of Iran Air said.
The airline opens job vacancy advertisement to recruit new pilots annually; the main feature of this year’s advertisement is the possibility for female pilots to apply.
Domestically, Iran Air is commonly known as Homa.