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.
French air traffic controllers are set to strike for 48 hours Thursday in their latest protest against what they say are deteriorating working conditions in the face of steady growth in the aviation sector.