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.
A second member state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has moved against the use of mini-UAVs because of the potential threat they pose to civil aviation.