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.

Firsts

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. On 8 March 1999 ^{[citation needed]} 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.

Personal life

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 .