Karen Ruth started flying airplanes before she got her driver’s license. The experience propelled the Burnsville native toward a long career in commercial aviation. She flew fishing charters and cargo ...

In 1972, trailblazing British pilot Yvonne Pope Sintes took off for Glasgow with Dan Air as the UK’s first female commercial airline captain. Over 54 years later, carriers are campaigning for women to ...

Delta’s longest-serving female pilot, Captain Karen Ruth, retires after 40+ years, leaving a legacy of leadership, resilience ...

For the first time, a United pilot has reached a position that has never before been held by a woman, marking a long-term trend for female aviators. A United Airlines 787-9 Dreamliner. A United ...

Chresten Wilson will become United Airlines’ first female most senior pilot in May after a 41-year career with the airline Wilson, who has been a captain for 33 years, says her childhood dream of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Mariners Harbor teen who skipped a grade and started college early — becoming the youngest African-American female to earn her private pilot’s license — was selected to receive ...