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.
UK low-cost carrier easyJet (U2) anticipates flying a substantial proportion of business passengers on its new London Gatwick (LGW)-Moscow Domodedovo (DME) service.
Ryanair (FR) has reported a first-half profit of €596 million ($762 million), up 10% compared to the year-ago period, on revenues of €3.1 billion, up 15% year-over-year.