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.
UK-based regional carrier Flybe recorded a net profit of £26.8 million ($40.7 million) for the first half of its 2015/16 financial year, compared to a loss of £3.4 million in the year-ago period.
The Russian government has formally stated that an explosive device was responsible for the downing of a Metrojet Airbus A321 over the Sinai on Oct. 31 with the loss of 224 lives.
