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.
Dubai-based Emirates Airline (EK) reported a 72.1% drop in net profit of AED1.5 billion ($409 million) in the 2011-12 financial year, compared to last year’s net profit of AED5.4 billion.
UK scheduled leisure airline Monarch Airlines (ZB) will set up a base at the East Midlands Airport (EMA), hub of struggling low-cost carrier bmibaby, which new owner International Airlines Group has said it may close if no buyer is found by Sept. 10
