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.
FAA proposes some significant tweaks to its LaGuardia flight restriction rules, including a mechanism for reducing the number of slots and a retroactive approval process for slot transfers.
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) handed a win and a loss to FAA in two decisions affecting major contract disputes with the agency's controllers and systems specialists unions. FLRA recently dismissed FAA's unfair labor practice complaint against the Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS) union, but another FLRA panel rejected a similar complaint filed against FAA by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA).
A big week for aircraft orders -- mainly unidentified -- has vaulted Boeing's net order total to 688 for the first seven months of the year, the manufacturer reported last week. Boeing gained 65 new orders in the week ending July 31. This included 20 737s for WestJet, and 45 aircraft for unidentified customers. The unidentified orders were for 29 737s, two 747s, 13 777s and a single business jet version of the 787. Boeing also revealed AeroSvit as the previously anonymous customer for seven 737s and Jet Airways as the customer for three unidentified 777s.
