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.
Rolls-Royce Holdings reported underlying profit before tax of £439 million ($684.3 million) for the first half, down 32% year-over-year, on underlying revenues of £6.3 billion, down 3%.
Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways turned in a group net profit of KD6.2 million ($20.5 million) for the first half of 2015, up 27.1% from KD4.9 million last time.
