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.
Kuwaiti hybrid carrier Jazeera Airways reported a third-quarter net profit of KD8.2 million ($27.1 million), up 35.6% on the year-ago period, despite a 25% increase in fuel costs during the year.
A change in pricing strategy to stimulate the market, plus tight capacity control, were two of the factors behind a considerably improved 3Q financial performance by Royal Jordanian, the airline has said.