Photo showing Capt. Ayesha Rabia
as Boeing 737-300 jetliner commander. On October 21, 2005, Capt.
Ayesha became first Pakistani woman to command a scheduled
passenger flight of a PIA airliner which was a Fokker F27
turboprop. On January 25, 2006, Ayesha made civil aviation
history yet again when she captained Pakistan's first scheduled
passenger flight PK-623 operated by an all-woman crew. On
February 10, 2008, Capt. Ayesha, after completing her under
supervision hours, achieved another milestone and historic first
in Pakistan's civil aviation history when she became first
Pakistani woman to command scheduled passenger flight PK-340 &
PK-341 of a PIA jetliner - a Boeing 737-300 - on
Karachi-Faisalabad-Karachi route |