Aviation

Wake-up call needed for the aviation sector as report reveals ‘critical’ decline in diversity

Just 9 per cent of airline boards meet the generally accepted diversity threshold of 30 per cent, according to the eight annual aviation survey by Mason Hayes & Curran

Just 9 per cent of boards in the aviation industry meet the generally accepted diversity threshold of 30 per cent

Diversity among senior executives in the aviation industry appears to be stagnant, while board diversity is in decline, according to a new industry survey by law firm Mason Hayes & Curran.

The damning results of the firm’s eight annual aviation industry report found that almost two-thirds (64 per cent) of those surveyed said that there had been no improvement in diversity at C-suite level in their organisations over the past 12 months a sharp rise ...