Emirates airline appoints two Emirati women as sales managers

Dubai: Continuing its commitment to the training and development of the UAE nationals, Emirates airline has appointed two female nationals to the roles of sales manager within the Middle East.

Reema Al Marzouqi and Asma Al Rahma have both completed Emirates' Commercial Manager Outstation Programme. Reema has now taken on the role of sales manager in Jordan and West Bank while Asma has been appointed as sales manager in Kuwait.

"Emirates is wholly committed to the training and development of nationals. Moving forward we are targeting an additional 500 nationals each year to become part of our expanding team," said Masooma Hassan, Emirates Vice-President, National Recruitment and Development.

"The appointment of Reema and Asma into the roles of sales managers within the Middle East is yet another significant step towards our Emiratisation goal. Reema and Asma have showed excellent dedication to these new roles and we look forward to appointing more nationals in the coming year," added Masooma.

Emirates' Commercial Management Outstation Programme covers multiple areas within the Emirates Group including; call centres, ticket counters, pricing, Emirates SkyCargo, airport operations, customer affairs and service audit and international affairs.

Enhancing skills

In addition to this, each trainee spends an extensive period of time working within Emirates' UAE sales office, followed by an outstation attachment to one of the airline's 111 destinations, further enhancing their practical skills and market knowledge.

UAE nationals are an integral part of Emirates' workforce, with over 26 per cent holding senior management positions within the company. The company's commitment to training nationals extends to every corner of the Emirates Group.

Emirates offers a range of dedicated development programmes for nationals that cover various aspects of the Emirates Group businesses. Programmes are available for school leavers as well as university graduates and cover areas including; commercial operations, yield management, Emirates Group IT, flight operations, Emirates SkyCargo, Skywards, Dnata Travel Centre, Dnata Airport Operations, Dnata Cargo, group finance and internal audit.