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.
Express freight specialist TNT Express dropped sharply into deficit for the second quarter, recording a post-tax loss of €303 million ($401 million) compared to a profit of €38 million for the same period last year.
Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace division recorded a 6% increase in revenue to £3.2 billion ($4.9 billion) for the first half compared to the same period in 2012.
