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 South African government has agreed to make a further cash infusion into its loss-making national carrier, South African Airways (SAA), as it seeks to establish conditions for a decisive turnaround strategy.
After several years of shrinking margins in the Gulf region, an improvement in yield margins helped LCC Air Arabia to post profits of AED110 ($30 million) for 1Q 2018, up 8% compared to AED102 million for the year-ago quarter.
