Qatar Air begins Abuja flight with Nigerian female pilot

Qatar Air has commenced its inaugural flight to Abuja with the first Nigerian female Boeing 787 pilot, Adeola Ogunmola Sowemimo.

Director-General, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri, stated this via her official Twitter handle.

“Today Qatar Air operated its inaugural flight to Abuja, Nigeria. And our own Adeola Ogunmola Sowemimo was on the right seat as she assisted Captain Khan Sameer Ali. Adeola is the first Nigerian female Boeing 787 Pilot and the first Nigerian female Pilot to fly for Qatar Airways, she tweeted.

Sowemimo, who graduated in 2011 from the US-based Sunrise Aviation Academy and started her aviation career there, became the first Nigerian female pilot to work for Qatar Airways in the Middle East — a region which is challenging for women hoping to become pilots.

She is also the first female Nigerian to fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for Qatar Airways and the first Nigerian female pilot to fly the Boeing 767 aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean.

This puts her in the same league with Kenya’s Captain Irene Koki and Ethiopia’s Captain Amsale Gulau.

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