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Virgin Atlantic has named a new chief executive officer, the airline announced. The initial report provided the headline appointment but did not include the individual's name, start date, remit, or further details about the leadership transition, and no biography or background on the appointee was provided.
Aviation Week
• Victoria Moores
By Aviation Week: Turboprop manufacturer ATR has deployed specialists to help investigate an accident involving an ATR 42-500 in Indonesia.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: A survivor of the 'Miracle on the Hudson' advocates for increased flight attendant staffing levels on widebody aircraft.
Cranky Flier
By Cranky Flier:  Frontier Airlines is not selling tickets for flights beyond April 13. Why? – ABC27 Airline Weekly founder Seth Kaplan is asking the question many of us have been asking for awhile.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Russian research efforts to create a new supersonic civil aircraft demonstrator have edged forward with completion of a phase of engine model testing. The technology demonstrator - known as 'Strizh', the Russian term for 'swift' - could fly before the end of the decade, although this would depend on the ...
Bloomberg
• Allyson Versprille
By Bloomberg: The Federal Aviation Administration is urging US airlines to “exercise caution” when flying over Mexico, and parts of Central and South America, citing “military activities” and potential interference to navigation systems in the region.
Reuters
By Reuters: Air India and Singapore Airlines have agreed a cooperation framework that could allow the two flag carriers to increase routes, reduce overlap and more broadly enhance collaboration, they said on Friday.
Aviation Week
• Helen Massy-Beresford
By Aviation Week: The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a Conflict Zone Information Bulletin warning airlines should avoid Iranian airspace.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
The Air Current
• Will Guisbond
Reuters
• Rajesh Kumar Singh, Rajesh Singh
Politico
• CHRIS MARQUETTE, Pavan Acharya, Sam Ogozalek
Leeham News
• Bjorn Fehrm, Leehamcoeu
