Adrian is Auckland bureau chief for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Adrian was previously based in Aviation Week’s Washington office for nine years, writing for a range of the group’s publications and covering many aspects of the commercial aviation industry. He has won Australasian and international awards for his aviation writing.
Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2002, Adrian covered aviation industry and policy issues for two other publishing companies in Washington. He has also worked for newspapers in Texas and New Zealand, covering a wide range of topics. Adrian graduated from Auckland University with a degree in history and English in 1992.
The FAA is continuing to make progress toward the completion of its En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) deployment, and the final sites are expected to begin operational trials by the end of the current fiscal year on Sept. 30.
Australia’s major opposition party says it will support significant aspects of legislation aimed at loosening foreign ownership restrictions on Qantas, although it remains to be seen whether it has gone far enough to forge a compromise with the government. Australian Labor Party leaders say they will agree to remove some of the ownership restrictions in the 1992 Qantas Sale Act. Specifically, they would scrap a clause that limits fore
