FAI statement on the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation

The FAI is following the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, as it might be disruptive to meetings, competitions and travels in general.

Travel advisories are in place for some 'hotspots', but the situation can change overnight.

The FAI recommends anyone wishing to travel to a meeting or a competition to visit the following websites, as well as to check their travel and/or health insurance coverage:

Women in FAI: meet Gillian Rayner, the newly elected President of the FAI Parachuting Commission (IPC)

Female pilots and athletes have contributed hugely to the world of air sports over the more than 100 years the FAI has been established. So it is hardly surprising that women hold a number of important positions within the FAI today. Former FAI Executive Director Gillian Rayner (another female first) – recently elected to head up the Federation’s first all-female Commission bureau – is one of them.