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.
Airbus has asked customers using its A380 super-jumbo to inspect the aircraft’s wing spars after six years, rather than the previously mandated 12, following the results of fatigue testing on its A380 factory test rig.
UK engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce said it is still waiting to be told whether it will formally face investigations by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into allegations of bribery.
