JAL Group Names Tottori As Next President

JAL President

Japan Airlines President Yuji Akasaka (left) will be succeeded by Mitsuko Tottori (right) who has risen through the ranks since joining the carrier as a flight attendant in 1985.

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Japan Airlines has announced a leadership change that will see Mitsuko Tottori promoted to become the carrier's first woman president. Tottori will take over as JAL Group president and representative director on April 1. She will replace current president Yuji Akasaka who will become the airline's...
Adrian Schofield

Adrian is a senior air transport editor for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.

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