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.
Scandinavian low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian Air Shuttle will open a base at Barcelona El Prat Airport in spring 2014, and plans to use it as a new hub for long-haul flights.
Italian flag-carrier Alitalia said it is confident it will still reach its cash call target of €300 million ($406 million) from shareholders, despite having only €173 million in pledges when the deadline for exercising option rights expired last Thursday.
