• Airline easyJet has teamed up with Stemettes this National Engineering Day to encourage more young women to apply for engineering opportunities 

  • With women making up just 15%* of engineering apprentices in England, the airline wants to inspire even more to consider this exciting career

  • The airline’s 2025 Aeronautical Engineering Apprenticeship Programme is now open for applications and takes apprentices through a fully-funded training programme to become licensed mechanics at the airline in two years

 easyJet has teamed up with award-winning social enterprise Stemettes this National Engineering Day to encourage more young women to become engineers.

With recent data showing that women make up just 15% of engineering apprentices in England, the airline wants to inspire more to consider the career and apply for its 2025 Aeronautical Engineering Apprenticeship programme, which is now open for aspiring engineers.

With a fleet of over 340 modern Airbus A320 family aircraft, easyJet recruits 40 engineering apprentices a year to become licensed aircraft mechanics at the airline.

The fully-funded programme provides a competitive apprenticeship salary and bonus, as well as free meals and accommodation during the initial phase of training. Within two years, apprentices will gain the skills needed to be a licensed mechanic and ready to become a full-time member of the airline’s engineering team.

Through initiatives to drive greater awareness of the profession for everyone, including visits to schools and colleges and working with specialist partners like the Stemettes, easyJet hopes to help raise awareness of the profession and, through the experiences of female role models, inspire the next generation of engineering professionals.

Stemettes work to inspire, support and encourage girls, young women and non-binary young people into technical fields, to show that STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) is for everyone.

In a video to mark National Engineering Day, Stemette Youth Board member Bola takes people behind the scenes at easyJet’s aircraft hangar at London Luton Airport where engineering and maintenance work on the aircraft takes place. She also hears from Cara Fabre-Simmonds, a Production Planner who works in engineering at easyJet on how she got into her role and her advice for Stemettes looking to get into engineering. 

Katie Edney, easyJet former engineering apprentice and Licenced Mechanic, said:

“easyJet has been brilliant at giving me a flying start to become a professional engineer. It’s a hugely challenging, offering great opportunities, which I would recommend to anyone.

“It is definitely a pathway I would encourage other women to consider, to pursue a career in aviation, and shows how we can challenge traditional role models.”

Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, Head Stemette and Stemettes CEO, said:

 "Engineering is everywhere and we're all about ensuring young people can make informed decisions about their future. There are so many options - why not start your career with an apprenticeship?"

easyJet recently launched a new campaign to recruit more military veterans, supporting initiatives to help them transition into rewarding careers, including as engineers. As part of the drive, it joined forces with SAS hero and best-selling author Andy McNab to support the launch of weServed, a platform to create a clear pathway for veterans looking for a new roles.

Aspiring engineers can find more information about easyJet’s 2025 Aeronautical Apprenticeship programme visit easyJet Apprenticeships | easyJet Careers.

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For further information, please contact the easyJet Press Office via medicentre.easyJet.com/contacts or on 01582 52525

*Engineering UK’s analysis of the Department for Education (DfE) apprenticeships data for England, 30 November 2023 Further education and apprenticeship pathways into engineering - EngineeringUK | Inspiring tomorrow's engineers.

About easyJet’s Aeronautical Engineering Apprenticeship

With easyJet’s two-year Aeronautical Engineering Apprenticeship programme, candidates complete a fully approved CAT A1 training course before joining engineering teams based at either Luton or Gatwick airports for on-the-job training to build their practical experience.

They will be supported throughout all phases of the programme, securing UKCAA and EASA Part-66 Category A1 modules on a fully approved course - with supporting qualifications for practical training – enabling them to apply for a licence application after just two years.

About easyJet

easyJet is Europe’s leading airline offering a unique and winning combination of the best route network connecting Europe's primary airports with great value fares and friendly service.

easyJet flies on more of Europe’s most popular routes than any other airline and carried more than 82 million passengers in 2023 with more than 11.3 million travelling for business. The airline has over 300 aircraft flying on nearly 1000 routes to more than 155 airports across 35 countries. Over 300 million Europeans live within one hour's drive of an easyJet airport.

easyJet aims to be a good corporate citizen, employing people on local contracts in eight countries across Europe in full compliance with national laws and recognising their trade unions. The airline supports several local charities and has a corporate partnership with UNICEF which has raised nearly £17m for the most vulnerable children since it was established in 2012.

In 2022, easyJet published its roadmap to net zero by 2050. The roadmap, which also features a combination of fleet renewal, operational efficiencies, airspace modernisation, Sustainable Aviation Fuel and carbon removal technology, has set an ambitious interim carbon emissions intensity reduction target of 35% by 2035 which is validated by the Science-based targets initiative (SBTi). The airline’s ultimate aim is to fully transition its fleet to zero carbon emission technology, which it will achieve through a number of strategic partnerships including with Airbus, Rolls-Royce and GKN Aerospace Solutions. Since 2000, the airline has successfully reduced its carbon emissions per passenger, per kilometre by one-third.   

Innovation is in easyJet’s DNA – since launching nearly 30 years ago, easyJet changed the way people fly to the present day where the airline leads the industry in digital and operational innovations to make travel more easy and affordable for its passengers.

In 2023 easyJet was named by TIME as one of the World’s Best Companies and a Leader in Diversity 2024 by The Financial Times. 

About Stemettes

Stemettes is an award-winning social enterprise working across the UK & Ireland to engage, inform and connect the next generation of women and non-binary people into Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (known collectively as STEAM). Having worked with more than 65,000 young people since inception in 2013 they run programmes, events and content platforms that are free, fun and food-filled.