Hanadi Zakaria al-Hindi

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Captain Hanadi Zakaria al-Hindi is the first Saudi woman to become a commercial airline pilot. She was born in Mecca, and passed her final exams at the Middle East Academy for Commercial Aviation in Amman, Jordan on 15 June 2005.[1] She has a ten-year contract with Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Holding Company[2][3] as a chief captain of his private jet, the Kingdom. Reports highlighted the irony that a Saudi woman is allowed to pilot an aeroplane but may not drive a car. [2][3]

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  1. ^ First Saudi Female Pilot Graduates, Arab News, 16 June 2005. Retrieved 21 October 2007.
  2. ^ a b First Saudi Female Pilot Lands Job With Kingdom Holding, 24 November 2004. Includes photo.
  3. ^ a b CNN Insight, January 19, 2005.
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