(JUE GUO)

Deqen Yangzom, China's first Tibetan stewardess, has joined the senior management of newly established Tibet Airlines, the first airline company based in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The first flight of the company is scheduled for July 2011.

Deqen Yangzom was born in 1976 in Lhasa to Tibetan parents. After graduating from high school in 1994, she successfully passed a series of exams and interviews and became Air China's first Tibetan air stewardess in 1995. Her 16 years' flying experience gives her confidence about her new post. She has also participated in training the first group of cabin staff for Tibet Airlines.