Alan Dron

Europe & Middle East Correspondent, Air Transport World

London, UK

Summary

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.

Articles

By Alan Dron
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has fined a mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) user £1,200 ($1,840) for flying the device over central London.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Failure of negotiations between Air France and its flight crews means that the French national carrier will announce job losses on Oct. 5, 2015.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
European low-cost carriers (LCC) Norwegian and Ryanair are closing in on a cooperative agreement that would see the Irish carrier feeding passengers into Norwegian’s long-haul services. Norwegian CEO Bjørn Kjos told Bloomberg News that negotiations with Ryanair were proceeding and there could be an agreement “shortly.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation