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 (AF) has called for a 20% cut in costs and a reduction of more than 5,100 jobs by December 2013 as part of its Transform 2015 strategic plan to restore profitability.
In an expected move, the Aer Lingus (EI) board has rejected the third attempt by low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair (FR) to take over the company, saying the bid undervalued the Irish flag-carrier.
