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 Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has created a task force to assess collision risks posed by small, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to commercial aircraft.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, which has major interests in Italy through its 49% stake in flag carrier Alitalia, has signed an agreement with Parma International Airport in northern Italy to establish a cargo transit center.
For the Lufthansa Group, “2015 was our toughest year in emotional terms, and at the same time one of the most successful in our corporate history,” chairman of the board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa Carsten Spohr told the company’s annual general meeting (AGM), which was held a few days before Tuesday’s release of its first-quarter results.
