Europe & Middle East Correspondent, Air Transport World
London, UK
Summary
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.
Some European airlines are changing flight paths to avoid Belarus airspace after the May 23 incident in which a Ryanair Boeing 737 was forced to divert and land at Minsk, while IATA chief Willie Walsh has praised the “calm and professional” actions of the Ryanair pilots.
Lufthansa has won an appeal against the European Commission’s (EC) decision to approve German financial aid to Frankfurt Hahn Airport that benefited Irish ULCC Ryanair.
The UK government has once again been accused of confused messaging over citizens traveling abroad for holidays, adding to uncertainty among current and future air passengers.
