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.
American and British Airways still believe they can get their joint venture application approved before the Bush Administration leaves office, although they admit the chances are diminishing quickly.
Sensis Corp. won an important FAA contract competition to provide runway status lights, regarded as an important technology in the effort to reduce runway incursions.
Three more airlines have been awarded money to participate in an FAA trial of cockpit moving-map technology. Atlas Air received $510,000, CommutAir $544,000 and Shuttle America $680,000. The money will allow them to install electronic flight bags and aural alerting systems in their aircraft. These systems will be used on flights to or from 21 airports, and will allow FAA to evaluate how effective they are in improving runway safety.
