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.
Lion Air is looking for international partners to form joint ventures to operate its training centers, which the carrier intends to grow for its own use as well as third-party work. Indonesia-based Lion Group has two training organizations—the Wings Flying School and the Lion Training Center—covering pilots, cabin crew and maintenance personnel. The carrier likely will see an increased need for employee training, as it has one of the world’s largest aircraft order backlogs.
The FAA is delaying the introduction of a new en-route air traffic control system at the last four of the 20 centers that are scheduled to receive it. According to a U.S. government website that monitors large federal information technology programs, the en-route automation modernization (ERAM) system previously was expected to achieve initial operating capability (IOC) at the remaining four centers during the current fiscal year. However, these IOC targets now have been moved into the 2014 fiscal year, the government website says in its latest update.
