First Female-Owned Airline. Who is a South African, goes Inernational

First Female-Owned Airline by a South African wows the whole flying industry and serves a great inspiration, indeed!

Fly Blue Crane, is the name of the airline, and the first one to be owned by a black woman.

The launching will take place within the year, following the airline’s inauguration last September.

It began its operations last May 13 from Cape Town to Windhoek. Flight fares will be estimated around 103 dollars for one way. Flight were being offered internally in South Africa, from Johannesburg, Cape town, Bloemfontein, and Kimberley, reported by News24.

Fly Blue Crane applied for its rights in 2015, in order to operate flights to Swaziland and Mozambique.

CEO and co-founder Sizakele Mzimela, is also the major shareholder of the said airline company.

She is also the first woman named as member of International Air Transport Association, in its 71 years in history.

First Female-owned airline owner, Mzimela said: “I was one of the first CEOs to build a proper relationship with SAA’s pilot union and cabin crew. We got everyone on the same page.”

“The first thing I did was do road shows to introduce myself to the various parts of the business and say what things should be happening.

“There were some workers who said it was the first time in history that they had ever seen the CEO. For me, I thought it was the thing you do. You show your face and let people know who you are and what you’re about before asking them what you need to do.”

“You have to accept up front that your road will be more difficult than the pale white male sitting next to you,” Mzimela said. “You will have to always be better than them…they will only ignore you up to a point. People may not like your color or your agenda when they say they want the best person for the job.

“You can stand up and say ‘I am the best person for the job’. Understand that we just have to work harder. It’s unfair, but you spend less time complaining and more time finding a way to move on and break through regardless of the difficulties. Be mentally prepared that climbing that mountain will be different. I’m prepared to climb to the top. It’s your job to say ‘Nothing will stop me. I’m going to make it,’ because it doesn’t look like, I’m sad to say, that things will change any time soon.”