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 Gulf carrier believes it will receive most of its outstanding orders for Boeing 787-9s and 737 MAX-8s this year but remains uncertain of the exact number.
