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.
U.K. ATM provider NATS is continuing to deploy a new flight data management system across the nation’s control towers, with Glasgow the latest to receive this technology upgrade. The addition of Glasgow means the three major Scottish airports now use the electronic flight progress system (EFPS). EFPS was developed by Nav Canada, which calls its own version EXCDS.
A year ago, investing in airline stocks seemed like a surefire way to destroy money, but a lot changes in a year. Who would have guessed that Wall Street analysts would recommend their long-term investors buy airline shares? That's precisely what they're doing, however, as airline share prices surge past market benchmarks. "Long-term investors should begin to add to their positions now and then aggressively buy by mid-winter," advises Ray Neidl, aerospace specialist for the Maxim Group.
Australian safety regulators say operators of Airbus A380s powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines should conduct a fresh round of powerplant inspections due to the discovery of a potential flaw in an oil feed pipe. The latest recommendation was prompted by new findings during the examination of the Trent 900 that suffered an uncontained failure during a Qantas flight from Singapore on Nov. 4. The discovery of the oil pipe problem “appears to provide a more definitive explanation for the [Nov. 4] engine failure,” Qantas says.
