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.
Today, 3-D printing or additive manufacturing (AM) is rapidly passing from the “gee-whiz” stage to an accepted, if still novel, aspect of the aerospace industry.
International Airlines Group (IAG)—parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling— reported a 2014 net profit of just over €1 billion ($1.1 billion) for the year ended Dec. 31, 2014, compared to €151 million for the previous year.
UK-based regional carrier Flybe has leased four ATR 72-600 turboprops from Singapore lessor Avation to undertake “white label” services on behalf of Scandinavian Airlines.
