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.
The UK government is under increasing pressure to solve London’s airport capacity crisis as senior conservatives this week urged prime minister David Cameron to allow building a third runway at London Heathrow Airport (LHR).
The European Commission (EC) has launched an in-depth investigation into Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair’s (FR) third takeover bid of Ireland’s national flag carrier Aer Lingus (EI), citing “potential competition concerns.”