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.
In her final interview before ending her tenure as FAA Administrator, Marion Blakey again urged Congress to act quickly to pass legislation to overhaul the FAA financing system, and she believes it is reasonable to expect a conclusion sometime this fall.
Federal agencies have created a new plan for tracking volcanic ash plumes and reducing their risk to aircraft. The National Volcanic Ash Operations Plan for Aviation is intended to improve agency coordination. The plan will "help us detect, track and forecast hazardous ash clouds and adequately warn the aviation community on the present and future location of the cloud....Standardizing and coordinating these activities should significantly reduce danger," said NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher.
JAL says it will begin introducing first-class seats on its main domestic routes, beginning Dec. 1. The domestic first-class section will be available first on seven daily flights between Tokyo Haneda and Osaka, and will be expanded to the rest of the eight daily flights between these two cities as soon as possible. First class will come to the Haneda-Fukuoka and Haneda-Sapporo routes from April 2008. [email protected]
