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.
Iceland’s Isavia has begun site acceptance tests on an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) network that is expected to be a vital link in the first transatlantic air traffic control corridor. The eight ADS-B ground stations in Iceland will augment existing radar coverage over a vast area of the Northern Atlantic, and ADS-B surveillance eventually will be extended to the East and West thanks to networks that will be established in Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
The cutthroat competition in the Australian long-haul market is just as prevalent in the regulatory arena, as several airlines are proving with their vociferous opposition to a partnership proposed by Qantas and Emirates. While it would be a major surprise if permission were not granted by Australian regulators, the heated debate underlines how high the stakes are—not only for Qantas and Emirates, but for all of the international carriers serving this region.
Iceland is making progress on an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) network that will be a vital link in an ambitious plan to provide air traffic control coverage all the way across the Atlantic.
