Japan Airlines Corp. will appoint Senior Managing Executive Officer Yoshiharu Ueki as its new president following a shareholders' meeting in February, a move intended to strengthen its new management team ahead of its relisting later this year.
Current President Masaru Onishi will become JAL chairman, while current Chairman Kazuo Inamori will serve as honorary chairman, the carrier said Tuesday.
Inamori, however, said he will leave the airline next January in line with his promise at the time he joined JAL in Feburary 2010 to help rehabilitate the company. (Japan Times)
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