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 UK signaled another rise in its Air Passenger Duty (APD)—a departure tax—on the same day the country’s transport minister made a speech stressing how important its airports were to its future prosperity.
Bahraini flag carrier Gulf Air and Thai Airways International (Thai) have expanded their longstanding codeshare arrangement under a new agreement that became effective Oct. 28, the Middle East carrier said Oct. 31.
