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.
Ryanair (FR) has withdrawn its bid to take a stake in London Stansted airport (STN) after airport owner Ferrovial told the carrier it will block its bid.