Based in London, Alan is Europe & Middle East correspondent at Air Transport World.
A daily newspaper journalist in the UK and Middle East for 15 years, he then joined the UK's most successful corporate publishing company before setting up his own company in 2004. He has worked with ATW since 2014.
Icelandic low-cost carrier (LCC) WOW air has acquired two Airbus A321s on a finance lease to service its new Reykjavik to Boston and Washington DC routes.
One of the new carriers planning to enter the Saudi Arabian domestic market, Saudi Gulf Airlines, will not be flying until the fourth quarter this year—around a year later than planned.
South African Airways (SAA) CEO Monwabisi Kalawe, who has been suspended since last year pending the finalization of an investigation into serious allegations of misconduct, now faces a formal disciplinary hearing.
