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.
Finland’s Competition and Consumer Authority has given final approval to a deal allowing Finnair to transfer 60% of its shares in Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra) to StaffPoint Holding and Kilco.
UK-based regional carrier Flybe recorded a net profit of £26.8 million ($40.7 million) for the first half of its 2015/16 financial year, compared to a loss of £3.4 million in the year-ago period.