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.
Ryanair has agreed to purchase five additional Boeing 737-800s, adding to its current order book of 175 of the type, which it finalized at the Paris Air Show.
Air France-KLM reported a net loss of €608 million ($843 million) for the quarter, slightly narrowed from the €641 million loss for the same period in 2013.
