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.
Australia’s competition watchdog says Airservices Australia has not sufficiently addressed concerns about how it has calculated an increase in air traffic management fees for airlines. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says the price increase proposed by Airservices is too high and would cause Airservices to “over-recover” its costs by AU$35 million ($36.8 million) over five years.
Lockheed Martin has delivered the necessary software upgrade that will enable the FAA to introduce satellite-based surveillance at its major New York air traffic control facility. The software will let the New York terminal radar approach control (Tracon) use automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) with its existing ATC system. The New York Tracon has the Lockheed-made Common Automated Radar Terminal System (Common ARTS) as its major operating platform.
Eurocontrol is taking the final regulatory steps toward becoming the network manager for the European air traffic management system, a role that will be crucial to the success of the Single European Sky (SES) effort. The agency says it is seeking the formal approval of its member states to accept the nomination as network manager. It has recently received the formal nominating letter from the European Commission.
