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.
African low-cost carrier (LCC) Fastjet has fought off an attempt from its unhappy largest shareholder, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, to dismiss chairman Colin Child, but warned it continues to face a “challenging” trading environment.
Leaders of the Airlines for Europe (A4E) lobbying group have set out a series of proposed measures to reduce the impact of air traffic control (ATC) strikes.
The Middle East retained its position as one of the world’s most dynamic regions for airline growth, with several of the region’s smaller players following the “big three” of Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways in expanding their fleets and route networks.
