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.
Ryanair (FR) will cut its flight schedule at Budapest Airport (BUD) by 40% following its latest spat with the airport’s operator over the cost of services. The Irish low-cost carrier will cut 10 routes and reduce the number of flights to and from the Hungarian capital from 280 to 170 a week because of what it says are increased charges and inefficiencies at the airport.
Virgin Atlantic (VS) has won its bid to take all 12 pairs of London Heathrow (LHR) remedy slots demanded by the European Commission following the takeover by International Airlines Group (IAG) of British Midland (BMI). The giving up of slots was a condition of the takeover deal; IAG also owns British Airways (BA) ( ATW Daily News, April 2).
