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.
Irish LCC Ryanair’s mass cancellations of flights because of personnel rostering problems in autumn 2017 and early 2018 has led to a €1.85 million ($2.1 million) fine from the Italian Competition Authority.