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 said May 2 it had “done all it could” to preserve Alitalia, but that “fundamental and far-reaching restructuring” was now essential for the Italian airline to survive in some form.