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.
African low-cost carrier (LCC) Fastjet recorded a group loss after tax of $72 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2014, compared to a restated post-tax loss of $55.2 million for the preceding year.
Ten more airports worldwide have been added to those approved by the US authorities to offer pre-clearance facilities to passengers heading for the US, following efforts to expand throughput at Abu Dhabi Airport earlier this year.
Lithuanian carrier Air Lituanica ceased flying from noon Friday, local time. The small airline, whose website credits it with operating an Embraer E-175, an Embraer E-145 and an ATR 42 said its management had decided to stop operations. The final flights operated from Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, were to Amsterdam, Tallinn and Paris. Afternoon services to Berlin, Prague, Brussels and Stockholm were canceled.
