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.
Qantas’ airline rivals are urging Australia’s competition authority to deny interim authorization for the carrier’s proposed partnership with Emirates Airline, although a separate government agency is in favor of allowing it.
Australian leaders are trying to finally resolve a politically charged question that has vexed their predecessors for decades—where and when should Sydney’s second airport be built? While it is making some headway, the government is faced with a tangle of conflicting interests that could stall the effort again.
The FAA says that the magnitude of software issues with its En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) program is not as severe as indicated by the U.S. Transportation Department’s primary watchdog. In congressional testimony presented on Sept. 12, DOT Inspector General Calvin Scovel said controllers and technicians have identified and reported “in excess of 900 new high-priority software issues that need to be addressed” during operational trials at the first nine ERAM sites.
