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.
Italian carrier Livingston has ceased operations, just months after it entered bankruptcy protection that it believed would give it a chance to restore its finances.
Air France-KLM Group believes the effect of last month’s two-week Air France pilot strike could cost the group €500 million ($634 million) in the current financial year.
Royal Jordanian Airlines posted an annual revenue of JD744 million ($1.05 billion) in 2013, down 7.2% from JD802 million in 2012 due to continued instability in the Middle East.