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.
Air France-KLM has recorded another heavy deficit for the first quarter, with a restated net loss of €504 million ($547 million), compared to a figure of €485 million a year ago.
International Airlines Group (IAG)—parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling—has reported a first-quarter net loss of €26 million ($29.1 million), narrowed from a €184 million loss for the year-ago period.
Aer Lingus has reported a first-quarter operating loss of €48.4 million ($54 million), almost identical to its €48.5 million loss for the same period last year.
