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.
Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) took over chairmanship of the House aviation subcommittee in January after Democrats won control of Congress. Costello, 57, discussed FAA reauthorization and other issues facing the panel, with AVIATION WEEK editors John M. Doyle and Adrian Schofield. Excerpts follow: AVIATION WEEK: The FAA reauthorization plans, outlined broadly in the president's Fiscal Year 2008 budget, call for a combination of user fees and taxes to pay for modernization, but haven't you questioned the need to change the funding system?
Airlines are concerned that an ambitious effort to redraw Europe's airspace map is being hindered by states' reluctance to carve up their borders in the sky. If the countries can't get their act together, European leaders must step in and assert more control over the process, airline groups say. Rearranging airspace regions is considered an integral part of the larger Single European Sky (SES) initiative. All parties agree that the efficiencies promised by SES can only be realized by simplifying the complicated web of European aviation boundaries.
Japanese carrier ANA increasing summer frequencies for its cargo operation by about 90% from last year. The new flights will boost cargo capacity by about 72%. ANA will now offer daily freighter flights between Tuesday and Saturday from Osaka Kansai Airport to Shanghai, Dalian, Tianjin, Seoul, Hong Kong, Taipei and Bangkok. It will also offer four weekly flights on its new Osaka-Beijing route. ANA's expansion plans are subject to government approval.
