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.
Emirates Airline recorded a net profit of AED1.9 billion ($514 million) in the first half of its 2014-15 fiscal year, up 8% against the same period last year.
