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.
China will require more than 5,300 new passenger aircraft and freighters worth some $820 billion from 2014 to 2033, Airbus predicted in its latest Global Market Forecast.
Turboprop manufacturer ATR will formally announce a new logistics center in Brazil early in 2015 and a new partner for its growing network of MRO facilities by the end of this year, as it plans a significant increase in its MRO activities worldwide.
A coalition of UK airlines, airports, aerospace manufacturers and air navigation service provider NATS believes the potential exists for a national sustainable fuels industry to help cut atmospheric emissions.
