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.
American revealed plans to use all of its remaining frequency awards for service to Colombia, which the airline believes should end efforts by competing carriers to claim American's unused frequencies. The airline said it will add 14 weekly frequencies to Colombia beginning in December, comprising one new route and additional flights on others. These flights would bring American's Colombia flights up to its full allocation of 42 per week. The airline previously said it intended to use the frequencies but had not detailed its plans.
U.K. flights increased 4.2% in April, with the important transatlantic market seeing strong gains, according to National Air Traffic Services (NATS). Transatlantic arrivals and departures rose 6.1% in April, with transatlantic overflights increasing by 4.9%. Other international arrivals and departures rose 4.4%, with overflights up 14.2%. Of the international markets, flights to Turkey increased the most, up 22.1%. Flights to Poland grew 15.4%, Greece 13.6%, and Italy 12.7%.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is calling on FAA and agency contractor Lockheed Martin to fix problems with the flight service station system. AOPA received hundreds of complaints about FSS in one month, AOPA President Phil Boyer said in a letter to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey. Boyer claims there have been three system outages in the past two weeks, with the longest lasting more than an hour. AOPA also cites "computer glitches, excessive hold times, dropped calls and poor quality briefings/services."
