Sharifah Czarena

Sharifah Czarena is a Bruneian pilot, who was the first woman from Brunei to captain a commercial airliner.

Sharifah Czarena trained as a pilot cadet in 2003, taking her lessons at the Cabair Flying School, Cranfield.

[1] After graduating in 2004, she was seconded from Royal Brunei Airlines to Scottish carrier Loganair for two years, flying the Saab 340.

"[4] In 2016, she made history as the Captain of the first all female flight crew to land in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,[5] a country at which time did not allow women to get driving licences.

[6] Alongside her in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner were Senior First Officers Dk Nadiah Pg Khashiem and Sariana Nordin.