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 healthy rise in international traffic in the third quarter helped boost Korean Air to a third-quarter net profit of 583.8 billion won ($517.8 million); the carrier also recorded its highest-ever quarterly operating profit. The net profit is more than double the KRW264-billion gain the airline recorded in the third quarter of 2009. More significantly, Korean posted a profit of KRW522.3 billion for the first three quarters of 2010, a dramatic turnaround from the KRW183.8-billion loss in the same period last year.
Nav Canada has signed a deal with Danish air traffic control provider Naviair to supply technology to automatically broadcast weather and flight information to pilots. The systems, developed by Nav Canada, manage and transmit information to aircraft arriving and departing airports, as well as for aircraft on international routes. Nav Canada CEO John Crichton notes that this deal is “another example of how technological expertise is transportable across the global air navigation system,” thus reducing development costs.
The U.S. controllers union says collaborative efforts with the FAA have increased substantially in the year since a new controller contract was signed. The current FAA leadership is “moving in the right direction” and is “fostering a collaborative relationship,” said National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Paul Rinaldi. Speaking at the Air Traffic Control Association’s annual conference Oct. 26, Rinaldi said NATCA wants “to be involved early in the pre-decisional stages of [ATC] modernization.”
