All women flight crew operating on various routes from Bengaluru and induction of the women fire fighters at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) were some of the highlights of the this year’s Women’s Day celebrations.On Friday the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) inducted 14 women fire fighters into its Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting (ARFF) squad. With this, KIA has become the first Airport in the country to have women fire fighters and the first Asian Airport to have a female contingent of this size.Recruited from across Karnataka, the girls are currently undergoing basic training at the BLR Airport. They will travel to Kolkata for a four-month extensive training at the Airports Authority of India’s Fire Service Training Centre, beginning March 11.“The representation of women in an Airport fire fighting squad marks a significant milestone in Indian aviation – a drastic transformation in the field that has been traditionally male-dominated,” stated BIAL.Additionally, leading airlines like Air India, Jet Airways and Spicejet operated flights with an all women crew from Bengaluru. “We at Jet Airways had operations running exclusively by women. Flights between Mumbai and Bengaluru had an all-women team. Women aircraft Engineers, Technicians and Flight Dispatchers were attending to technical services; while the non-technical work on the ground was handled by women duty managers, counter staff and security officers,” said the airline. SpiceJet operated an all women flight on the Kochi-Bengaluru-Port Blair route and Air India between Mumbai and Bengaluru.