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 European Commission has announced the availability of €400 million ($438 million) to aid the deployment stage of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program.
Italian flag carrier Alitalia has completed a major IT upgrade that involved switching its reservations system to a new provider, the airline said Oct. 19.
Fast-expanding low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian recorded a third-quarter net profit of NOK992.5 million ($121.1 million), up 19% compared to a net profit of NOK832.8 million in the year-ago quarter.