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.
Thales has completed the acquisition of a broad portfolio of capabilities from Egis Avia, a move that will strengthen Thales’ air traffic management offerings. The company in February announced that it was in exclusive talks with Egis Avia to purchase the ATM segments. The transfer has now formally occurred, says Thales. Among the Egis Avia products going to Thales are the Maestro arrival/departure flight sequencing systems, Atalis aeronautical information systems, a data link front-end processer and ATN router, and ATC and tower simulators.
While International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) is interested in Boeing’s 787-10, the lessor is signaling that no order is imminent. ILFC is “obviously following every development” with the -10 version, says CEO Henri Courpron at the Paris air show. But he notes that ILFC is already the largest customer for the 787, “and I don’t think it’s a priority for us to take more 787s.”
Aerolineas Argentinas will lease four Airbus A330-200s from International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC), with the aircraft to be operated on new and existing routes in the Americas. The airline will use the aircraft to increase frequencies on routes to destinations like Cancun, Caracas and Bogota, said Sergio Garcia Gomez, vice president for fleet planning and financial restructuring. New markets will also be explored for the A330s, Gomez told Aviation Week at the Paris air show.
