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.
After several years of talking about the overhaul of Europe's air traffic management technology, the time for action finally may be arriving. European regulators and their industry partners have been working to develop detailed blueprints for a next-generation ATM system that would be standard across Europe, and in some cases provided collectively. Now they are launching two initiatives that represent the transition to implementation.
Sean Broderick (Washington), Jens Flottau (Frankfurt), Guy Norris ( Los Angeles ), Adrian Schofield (Auckland)
The story of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 reads like bad fiction—a perfectly safe aircraft disappears from radar on a scheduled flight, and the extensive international search-and-rescue effort that ensues finds few clues. It is not fiction, but it should be in light of the technology to monitor aircraft and the massive amounts of operational data available.
Qantas’ new code-share arrangement with Bangkok Airways will allow the Australian carrier to improve its connections to important leisure and secondary markets in Thailand. Under the deal, Qantas will put its code on Bangkok Airways flights from Bangkok and Singapore to six Thai destinations. One of these—Phuket—is already on the Qantas group’s network, but it will give the carrier an additional connection option.
