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.
Turboprop manufacturer ATR increased revenue 13% to $1.64 billion in 2013 and the Franco-Italian company anticipates reaching the $2 billion mark in two years, according to CEO Filippo Bagnato.
International Airlines Group (IAG) Cargo will end its arrangement with Global Supply Systems (GSS), which operated three Boeing 747-8 freighters on its behalf.
Qatar Airways will take one of the two new licenses being granted by the Saudi Arabian civil aviation regulator, GACA, to create a regional carrier operating domestic services in the country.
