India, April 1 -- Indian aviation's two most consequential appointments in years arrived within hours of each other this week. William Walsh, formerly of British Airways, IAG and currently at the powerful aviation lobby group IATA, will take over as IndiGo's chief executive. Vir Vikram Yadav assumes charge as director general of civil aviation. Neither appointment is routine, and neither comes at a routine time. The sector had one of its worst years in 2025 - 260 lives lost in the Air India flight 171 tragedy, over 5,000 IndiGo flights cancelled in a single week that stranded 300,000 passengers - and began 2026 in no better shape, with a crash that killed a deputy CM and the West Asia conflict driving fuel costs and forcing longer interna...