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.
Park Air Systems, a Northrop Grumman subsidiary, has been selected by Nav Canada to supply VHF radios as part of a US$50 million replacement program. Nav Canada plans to replace all ground-to-air VHF radio equipment at 320 sites throughout Canada. More than 2,000 pairs of radios will be replaced, using Park’s T6 multi-mode digital radios. About 250 pairs will be delivered in 2008.
It’s an axiom of the airline industry that the reliability of financial forecasts decreases as oil price volatility increases. So with oil prices fluctuating wildly recently, it’s never been less clear how the U.S. airline industry will fare over the next several months. Healthy profits in 2009? Losses? Multiple bankruptcies? It’s anyone’s guess at the moment, and all of these outcomes have been forecast at different times over the past four months.
