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.
Air France-KLM Group reported a first-half net loss of €793 million ($1.05 billion) narrowed from a deficit of €1.27 billion for the same period last year.
UK leisure carrier Jet2 recorded a pre-tax profit of £29.3 million ($45 million) for the year ended March 31, compared to £21.7 million for the previous period.