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 official opening of Qatar’s new $15 billion Doha Hamad International Airport, which was set to open April 1, was postponed just hours before the first aircraft was due to touch down.