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.
Irish LCC Ryanair is more optimistic that flights between the UK and the European Union (EU) will not come to a grinding halt when the country leaves the bloc (Brexit) in March 2019.
Sweden-based cargo specialist West Atlantic reduced losses in 2017, ending the year with a net loss of SEK61.6 million ($7.5 million) compared to a deficit of SEK81.8 million for the previous year.
