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 French government is reducing its stake in Aéroports de Paris (ADP), which controls Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports, as it raises money to offset its financial problems.