Friday the 08-Mar-2024 was International Women’s Day. In honour of this, CAPA - Centre for Aviation continues its long-running series on the (lack) of gender diversity in aviation, posing the question: ‘Why don’t women run airlines?' In 2010, the first time CAPA - Centre for Aviation reviewed this issue, there were 15 scheduled commercial airlines which had a woman in the role of CEO or MD. By 2015, that number was just 18. In 2018, that number was still stuck at 18. However, there has been something of a turnaround in recent years. According to data from the airline industry group International Air Transport Association (IATA), as of 2022, approximately 9% of CEOs at major global airlines were women. This is up from 3% in 2019 and 6% in 2021. In addition, women filled 12% to 13% of commercial airline industry C-level executive positions.