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.
Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air has announced plans to introduce business-class service to four of its routes between Muscat and the Indian subcontinent.
Air France-KLM Group and its pilot unions have reached an agreement over one of the most fractious aspects of the recent damaging strike by the cockpit crews.
Etihad Airways has reported a 29% increase in third-quarter revenue, which it attributed to accelerating growth in both the passenger and cargo sectors.
