Priya Doobaree (Trailblazer)

She was lucky to join the Air Mauritius cadet program in 1998 having been keen on aviation since she was in her early teens.

She went to flying school in the north of France at IAAG/ Ecole de Pilotage Amaury de la Grange and graduated in 2000: CPL/IR ATPL.. Started flying the ATR42/72 in Air Mauritius that same year.
In 2004, She was upgraded on to fly the A340 on the Air Mauritius long haul network, followed by the A330 when the airline acquired them.

In 2011 she decided to move to Singapore and explore new skies, She took up a job with Jetstar Asia as a First Officer on the A320. She upgraded to Captain A320 in 2012 and also became a CRM instructor.

Air Mauritius’s recruitment drive to hire back locals, brought her back to her home in 2017, and she was based in Mauritius flying the A320 for Mauritius Airlines. She was the 3rd female Mauritian pilot and the first Mauritian female captain. She started a small group in Mauritius with the other lady pilots and try to meet up regularly.

Priya Doobaree has become the first female pilot permanent observer for the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Air Navigation Commission at the ICAO 41st Assembly. She is one of the few women representatives of International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) and its new permanent representative to the Air Navigation commission. She made her first intervention on Agenda item 27, supporting papers on gender diversity.