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.
Insolvent Italian flag carrier Alitalia made a net loss of €31.3 million ($36.9 million) for the bulk of the period in which it has operated in under bankruptcy protection this year, it was announced Nov. 22.
The administrators of insolvent UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines have won their legal appeal to keep possession of some of the airport slots previously held by the carrier.