TEI Celebrated Aviation Women's Week with Events

TEI came together with nearly 500 female students with the "First Steps to the Center of Aviation" project as part of the "World Aviation Women's Week" events. In addition, at the Women's Aviation Meeting held at TEI, the Mentoring Program for Women who Empower Power was launched.

TEI, which was awarded the "Company that Most Values ​​Women Employees in the World" 5 times by the World Aviation Women's Institute, came together with the strong women of aviation and future candidates with the "First Steps to the Center of Aviation" project this year. The event was held with nearly 10 female students studying in 500 different secondary schools. Students were shown an educational video on how airplanes fly. In the video, Human Resources Leader Sibel Pişkin shared with the students in which areas they can work in the aviation industry and her experiences. Then, THY Boeing 737 pilot Elif Coşkun gave a speech that inspired children on “Being a Woman Pilot”. Fun activities were also organized within the scope of the project. Participation in the International Pink Paper Plane Challenge Event was achieved with pink paper airplanes flown in 10 different schools. In addition, the Strong Women of Aviation event was held at TEI as part of the World Aviation Women's Week event. In the event where nearly 300 female employees came together, the Women Empowering Women Mentoring Program was launched. The program, which will be held for the first time this year, is attended by 18 students from the Career Candidate Engineering Program at the Source of Power and 16 experienced female managers. In the mentoring program, which consists of 8 main topics and will last for 4 months, TEI female managers will convey their knowledge and experiences to future female aviator candidates.

“We are at the head of the companies that value women the most.”

At the Strong Women of Aviation event, TEI General Manager and Chairman of the Board of Directors Prof. Dr. Mahmut F. Akşit said, “I congratulate the women's day of you, our female employees, who have overcome all kinds of difficulties in both working and social life. We are proud to see the contributions of you, our esteemed female employees.” said. Akşit emphasized that TEI is one of the companies that give the most importance to female employees. “The awards we have received in recent years have shown that our female employees and the work we do together are very important to us. Our work on behalf of TEI will continue to increase for their comfort and welfare.
We will continue to strengthen our strength with the strong women of aviation.” used the expressions.