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.
The European Commission has approved plans by the Finnish and Portuguese governments to give financial support to their respective national airlines amid the ongoing pandemic.
Much of the technology needed to make airports safe environments in the post-COVID-19 era already exists; the challenge will be to introduce it in weeks or months, rather than the more normal timespan of years, SITA VP for airline and airport, Sébastien Fabre said June 10.
