the airíne española Iberia announcementó what to increaseá the percentage of women in management positions, reaching the 40% for him 2025. Iberia press photo
after the pandemic, Iberia ha radishñado and relaunched his Diversity Plan, Equity and Inclusivityón with a new approach that encompasses groups of género, generational, cultural (nationalities), LGTBIQ+ and disability. The objective of this new Diversity Plan, Equity and Inclusivityón is to achieve adequate managementón of the different talent what's in the companyñía, that enhances commitment and sense of belonging of employees, e pulses at creativity and innovationón internal to face the organizational challenges that the aerolínea has ahead.
Regarding the group of género, the aerolínea Eastá developing internal and external initiatives to give visibility to its female talent and promote the presence of women at all levels and professions within the companyñía.
Sayún Maríto Bello, Director of People Development and Diversity “companies must be a reflection of our society and contain as much heterogeneity as possible. A través of the new Plan we want to refocus the DE initiatives&I and understand cóhow diverse our company isñía, detect opportunities for improvement and break down barriers. For it, we want to involve the entire organizationón, support us in training programsón and awarenessón, set goals, plan actions and review all our processes”.
2025: 40% of women in positions of high responsibility
The 38 percent of the workforce in Iberia are women; they are majority in the administrative body and among the cabin crew, and stillíto a minoríin professions such as pilots, aero engineersáutics and téaircraft maintenance technicians.
In líne with its matrix IAG, Iberia It is committed to increase the percentage of women in management positions to the 40 percent in the própeaks of theños. Between 2018 y 2022, the airínea has gone from having a 18 percent to a 34 percent of women in management positionsás high responsibility.
Sensitize, develop and make visible female talent
The Diversity Plan, Equity and Inclusivityón of Iberia promotes the presence of women in management positions and brings them closer to those professions in the aviation sectoráutico where stillíthey are minorities, a través of different initiatives that are part of three great pillars:
1/ Raise awarenessón and trainingón internal in a culture of firm commitment to diversity and throughés of different actions:
- La realizationónumber of workshops “YoSInLabels”, with employees from all áareas to determine the framework for actionón
- A community of Diversity Ambassadors for each of the diversity groups: género, generational, cultural, LGTBIQ+ and people with disabilities.
- Incorporate it into itón from diversity to internal brand values: “We are one and diverse”.
- And monitoring the use of a inclusive language in all internal and external communications.
2/ Processes related, above all, with the professional development, políinclusive HR ethics and Equality Plan:
- Equality Plan: Materially Iberiaó the agreements in this sense with the representationón social of the three groups that make up the companyñía (land, pilots and TCP) and, at the moment, isá working on its updateón themselvesún establishes the legislationón.
- Políinclusive HR ethics:
- Implantationón of the requirement of 50 percent of CV in selection processesón of external candidates, in those profiles where there is sufficient representationón of the two géneros in the labor market.
- Revisionón from the perspective of génumber of different human resources processes like the attractionón of talent, leadership profile, evaluationón, success planón, climate survey, Plan of Formación and talent programs.
- External competitiveness study to ensure that salaries in Iberia areán to líline with the market and there is no wage gap for género.
- Development and mentoring programón of female talent Take the lead, to promote the professional career of women towards positions of greater responsibility.
3/ Communication actionsón external for make female talent visible and attract women to professions What pilot, engineer or témaintenance technician, with a feminine presence stillía very minority.
- Attract and encourage careers tétechniques between the jóCome is the objective of the program “Want to be” from Iberia, that lets girls in 16-18 añmake you in a “immersionón” at the company's facilitiesñía and know más closely professions in the sectoréusually male inmate.
- Además, Iberia supports different associations and events aimed at giving visibility to women:
- Be part of the associationón «They fly high», a project that seeks to promote female talent in the aerospace sector, giving voice and visibility to women.
- Support the consultancy project 50&50 Gender Leadership, whose objective is to advance equal rights and opportunities.
- And alsoén participate in WoMen Now, platform that gives voice to extraordinary women.
