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.
With passenger operations in the UAE suspended with the exception of repatriation and emergency flights, LCC flydubai has allocated six of its Boeing 737-800s to operate as all-cargo aircraft to aid the movement of essential goods.
Etihad Airways plans to start trials at its home airport of a device that alerts staff to the presence of passengers with medical conditions, potentially including the early stages of the coronavirus infection.
IATA is emphasizing the need for urgent action from African and Middle Eastern governments to provide financial relief to the regions’ airlines in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
