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.
Several House and Senate lawmakers yesterday reiterated their strong opposition to a controversial tie-up between UPS and DHL, but it remains to be seen how much influence Congress will have over the regulators who could investigate the deal.
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.
Continental now expects its first biofuels trial flight — originally planned for the first half of 2009 — to occur late this year, probably around December. Boeing and GE are also involved in the demonstration, which will use a Boeing 737 aircraft. This will likely be the first such biofuels trial flight in the U.S.
