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.
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair has been offered a batch of slots at Amsterdam Schiphol as the airline continues its move away from using only secondary airports.
Seven years after setting up a final assembly line and delivery center for the A320 family of aircraft, Airbus and its Chinese partners, the Tianjin Free Trade Zone Investment Co. (TJFTZ) and the Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC), have confirmed their cooperation on an A330 operation.