Europe & Middle East Correspondent, Air Transport World
London, UK
Summary
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.
Etihad Airways has announced significant senior leadership changes, formally repositioning itself as a mid-sized airline and moving away from its previous “super-connector” role through its Abu Dhabi hub.
Emirates Airline has offered some pilots unpaid leave of up to one year, as it seeks to slim its workforce in the teeth of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the trade union representing British pilots, the UK government seems set on a deliberate course to destroy the country’s airline industry.