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.
South Africa’s Civil Aviation Authority has granted the country’s flag-carrier a new air operator’s certificate (AOC), though a restart date for South African Airways (SAA) remains uncertain.
Media reports suggest that the UK government has abandoned a planned ‘amber-watch’ category after protests from the aviation industry and wider travel sector, which had warned that introducing the new category would lead to another slump in bookings.
