Bettina Kadner

Bettina Kadner
Born
Bettina Inés Kadner Schilling

1946 (age 77–78)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationAviator
Employers
Known forFirst European woman airline pilot

Bettina Inés Kadner Schilling (born 1946) is a Spanish aviator. In 1969, at age 22, she became the first woman to pilot a passenger plane in Europe. She also became the first female pilot in command in Spain in 1998, and the second in Europe. She flew for Iberia from 1985 until her retirement in 2006.