Nivedita Bhasin (born 1963) of Indian Airlines became the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a commercial jet aircraft on 1 January 1990 at the age of 26.
Bhasin piloted IC-492 on the Bombay-Aurangabad-Udaipur sector.
Nivedita joined Indian Airlines in 1984 and has many firsts to her credit:[1]
- She was the co-pilot on the first all-women crew flight on Fokker Friendship F-27 with Captain Saudamini Deshmukh in command in November 1985 on the Calcutta–Silchar route.
- They also made the first Boeing all-women crew flight in September 1989 on the Mumbai–Goa sector.
- In January 1990 she became the world's youngest commander at the age of 26 on the Boeing aircraft.[2][3]
- Later, she led the all-women crew of the Boeing flight as commander on the Hyderabad–Visakhapatnam route. She became a commander on Airbus A300, with over 8,100 hours of total flying experience. She commanded Airbus A300 on the Delhi–Kathmandu route to mark International Women's Day.
- She became India's first woman check-pilot on Airbus A300 aircraft. Nivedita was accorded the Directorate General of Civil Aviation approval as check-pilot on successful completion of stipulated tests and requisite training. The latter involved classroom and field training for operational knowledge, simulator training for flying proficiency, aircraft training for landing/take-off, and line flying.
- Nivedita Bhasin brought the 787 Dreamliner from USA to India on 19 September 2012.
She was promoted to executive director flight safety in November 2020 .
Her Husband Rohit Bhasin & Daughter Niharika Bhasin work for INDIGO airlines, Her son Capt Rohan Bhasin is a commander on Boeing 777 and works for Air India .