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• Ana Sesar
SriLankan Airlines has appointed a new acting chief executive officer, placing interim leadership at the helm of the national carrier. The announcement provides no further details on the appointee, mandate or duration of the appointment.
Bloomberg
• Alex Wickham
By Bloomberg: UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s suggestion that he could block plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport set up a dispute with influential Labour interest groups just as the governing party’s annual conference got underway.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: US FAA rescinds long-standing exemption for Part 25 aircraft after reviewing accident rate and oversight weakness. US regulators are to rescind exemptions allowing single pilots to operate transport-category Cessna Citation business jets, after analysing accident rates and poor compliance with rules.
AeroTime
• Gabriele Petrauskaite
By AeroTime: Renewed Mount Etna activity has disrupted Sicily's air travel, forcing Catania Airport to suspend flights and airlines to divert or cancel services.
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Japanese carrier could decide on an order for around 20 regional jets as it plans the future replacement of its E170 and E190 Embraer's E2 has emerged as the leading candidate in Japan Airlines' evaluation of new regional jets, ahead of the Airbus A220 , according to Bloomberg News .
AeroTime
• Gabriele Petrauskaite
By AeroTime: A powerful nor’easter is disrupting U.S. Northeast air travel, with hundreds of cancellations at Boston Logan as airlines adjust operations.
Associated Press
By Associated Press: Police say a helicopter has crashed southeast of the Canadian city of Montreal, killing all four people on board.
The Independent
Reuters
By Reuters: Boeing has identified a previously undisclosed 737 MAX software glitch that could cause an automated navigation feature to fail during landing, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing company documents.
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Runway Girl
• Becca Alkema
Reuters
• David Shepardson
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
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• Armin Kific
FlightGlobal
• Kerry Reals
