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.
A transpacific air traffic management (ATM) flight trial program is expanding to include a second city-pair, with Los Angeles-Singapore joining Auckland-San Francisco. The flights are part of the Asia Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE), which is aimed at demonstrating various advanced procedures and technologies to improve gate-to-gate flight efficiencies and provide emission reductions. ASPIRE is similar to the AIRE program that involves transatlantic flights.
Air New Zealand is significantly boosting its capacity on transpacific routes during the northern winter travel season, particularly in the China and Japan markets. New Zealand-China capacity is expected to be up 21.6% for the upcoming November-March period. New service will bring the airline’s China schedule up to seven flights a week, which is the limit under the current New Zealand-China aviation agreement.
FAA funding cuts proposed by House Republicans would “absolutely devastate” the NextGen modernization effort, says James Oberstar, the former House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee chairman.
