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 Sensis multilateration system for surface surveillance has been a pproved at London Gatwick Airport and is now being used operationally by the U.K.’s National Air Traffic Services. The Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS) system is expected to improve safety and efficiency in all weather systems. It uses multiple sensors to triangulate aircraft position using transponder signals, and also supports automatic dependent-surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) systems. Gatwick claims to be the world’s busiest single-runway airport.
American, British Airways and Iberia say they have no objection to combining their oneworld antitrust immunity and joint venture applications, the three carriers told the U.S. Transportation Dept. this week. Virgin Atlantic has urged DOT to combine the two applications. The three oneworld airlines also refuted numbers cited by Virgin about the transatlantic market dominance their joint venture would represent.
FAA is talking to other ATC organizations about conducting more joint trials of ATM operational improvements — including tailored arrivals — and news of these initiatives will be revealed in coming months, according to FAA head Robert Sturgell. These will be similar to major cooperative trials being undertaken on transatlantic and transpacific routes.
