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.
The icing of engine power management sensors triggered the stall and fatal crash of Air Algerie flight AH5017 in northwest Africa last July 24, according to an investigation.
Virgin Atlantic has expressed concerns that the proposed takeover of Aer Lingus by International Airlines Group, parent company of Iberia, Vueling and British Airways, will diminish competition.
