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The airline aims to make travel safer for female passengers after two incidents of assault this winter.

The new crew guidelines will include more staff training, use of the latest device to tie up a violent passenger and the banning of passengers with a history of unruly behavior.

In their letters, Sens. Markey and Blumenthal ‘inquire about safeguards and backups in place within airline IT systems.’

Airlines will likely suffer more disruptions like the one that grounded about 2,000 Delta flights this week because major carriers have not invested enough to overhaul reservations systems based on technology dating to the 1960s.

The third-largest U.S. carrier by passenger traffic also said passenger unit revenue would fall between 6.5 percent and 7.5 percent from a year earlier.

Richard Branson expressed sadness that Virgin America was changing hands.

Richard Branson expressed sadness that Virgin America was changing hands.