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 is on track to meet its early goals for introducing more approach and departure routes based on required navigation performance (RNP) and area navigation (RNAV), agency Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety Nicholas Sabatini said this week. The agency published three new RNP special aircraft and aircrew authorization (SAAAR) instrument approach procedures in November, bringing the total to 35. Sabatini said another three will be published next week, which is consistent with FAA's target of 25 SAAAR procedures in the current fiscal year.
House Democrats and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have delivered on their promise to pass homeland security legislation that addresses the bulk of the Sept. 11 Commission's unmet recommendations early in the congressional session, but the White House says it can't support the legislation that was passed by the House Tuesday night.
Airbus yesterday named a new head of its A350 program, who will lead the program in the post-launch phase. The new head is Didier Evrard, who previously led the product lines directorate for missile systems company MBDA -- a joint venture among EADS, BAE Systems and Finmeccanica. Until now, the A350 program has been coordinated by Airbus Executive VP-Strategy Olivier Andries, whom Airbus described as the "driving force" behind the A350, along with its programs team led by Executive VP Tom Williams. -AS
