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.
Thales has won a contract to supply an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system at Lyon Airport to track ground vehicles. The contract was awarded by French ATC organization DSNA, which will allow it to extend the current ground surveillance capability at Lyon by providing automatic localization and identification of vehicles. A similar system was trialed at Toulouse airport in a project co-funded by the European Community.
Hawaiian managed to narrow its fourth-quarter net loss by about $10 million, compared with the previous year, but this did not prevent its full-year net loss from growing to $40.5 million. The fourth-quarter results were hurt by the late delivery of the first of four Boeing 767-300s Hawaiian is having modified, said CEO Mark Dunkerley. This aircraft has now joined the fleet, and the remainder of these new additions are being modified for entry into service between March and May.
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey has a blunt message for the many critics of the agency's proposed funding overall -- it has to happen, and it has to happen now. There is no other alternative to making dramatic changes to the FAA funding system, Blakey said at a Royal Aeronautical Society event Feb. 20 in Washington. She took issue with aviation groups on both sides of the contentious debate -- those who say the funding proposal goes too far and those arguing it doesn't go far enough.
