Japan Airlines’ First Woman President Was Former Cabin Crew
- Management change announced weeks after collision incident
- Mitsuko Tottori rose through ranks after joining in 1985
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Japan Airlines Co. is appointing Mitsuko Tottori, a former flight attendant and executive in charge of customer experience, as the carrier’s first female president.
Tottori, 59, will take the helm in April, as the airline deals with repercussions from the collision of its Flight 516 with a Japan Coast Guard plane at Tokyo’s Haneda airport earlier this month.