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 CEO of UK-based regional airline Flybe, Christine Ourmieres-Widener, plans to leave the airline just three months after it was taken over by a consortium headed by Virgin Atlantic.
Dutch national carrier KLM and Ireland-based regional airline CityJet are the two main shareholders behind a Belgian start-up being created to operate both scheduled services and to provide capacity for others.
