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.
The European Commission has given the go-ahead for the governments of Latvia and Austria to provide financial assistance to their respective flag-carriers in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Swiss regional carrier Helvetic Airways is deferring deliveries of its remaining seven on-order Embraer E190-E2s to 2021 and beyond, citing continuing doubts over the strength of the COVID-19 pandemic recovery.
