Europe & Middle East Correspondent, Air Transport World
London, UK
Summary
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.
Neom, the huge new city being built on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, has created a joint venture with Germany’s Volocopter to provide air transport for the conurbation.
Both new and existing African airlines are showing that it is possible to operate successfully and exploit new openings, despite longstanding difficulties including high visa costs, patchy infrastructure and poor regional connectivity.