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.
With the federal fiscal year ending tomorrow, it looks as if FAA will record a dramatic reduction in serious runway incursions. For the fiscal year through Sept. 27, FAA reports just 10 incursions in Category A or B. In contrast, there were 24 in both fiscal 2007 and 2008, and 28 in 2006.
JAL Group yesterday announced further tweaks to its domestic schedule for the second half of its 2009/2010 fiscal year, as the airline continues to streamline its overall network. The most significant change will see JAL launch a new route from Tokyo Narita to Okinawa, beginning Jan. 5. The aim is to provide better connections to JAL’s international network at Narita.
Naverus last week received approval from FAA to design public-use required navigation performance (RNP) approaches for the U.S. airspace system. FAA sent Naverus a letter of qualification to design and validate public-use approaches. The company said this follows nearly two years of collaboration to develop “new rules, processes and oversight mechanisms.”
