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.
Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle (DY) has created a long-haul subsidiary—Norwegian Long Haul—to accommodate the 2013 arrival of its first Boeing 787-8.
German automotive manufacturer Daimler is proceeding with its proposed sale of a large portion of EADS shares to the German government, following Wednesday’s collapse of merger talks between EADS and BAE Systems.