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.
Germany-based Lufthansa Group recorded a net loss of €8 million ($9 million) for 1Q 2016, reversed from a net profit of €425 million for the year-ago period.
South African regional carrier SA Express faced a weekend break in services after the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) suspended its air operator’s certificate (AOC) on a series of safety issues April 30, then reinstated it May 1 after “clarity was provided.”