‘I wanted to touch the stars’: Air India pilot Zoya Agarwal inspires women to dream big

Captain Zoya Agarwal, who first made headlines in January for commanding an all-women team piloting India’s longest non-stop commercial flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru, is now breaking other records in her flight career. Captain Agarwal added another feather to her cap this week when she was chosen by the United Nations as its spokesperson for Generation Equality. In a first, the UN also featured India and Air India on International Youth Day to spread awareness among the youth.

“I am so humbled and privileged,” news agency ANI quoted Captain Zoya Agarwal as saying. “I have represented our country as the flag carrier of Air India on a platform like UN women, which is so close to my heart.”