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.
Lessor BOC has expressed confidence in the “robust recovery underway in the world’s airline and travel sectors” despite unveiling a financial loss for the first half (H1) of 2022.
With seaborne freight still in disarray post-pandemic and air freight stepping in to take up the slack, Middle East airlines are ramping up their freighter fleets to help get cargo to where it needs to be.