The Mercure 100 holds the distinction of being the first commercial airliner to be operated by an entirely female crew .
According to Dassault , it was the first large - scale European cooperative civil aeronautics programme .
The aeronautics programme   holds the distinction of being the first commercial airliner to be operated by an entirely female crew .
According to Dassault , it was the first large - scale European cooperative civil aeronautics programme .