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.
A late flurry of orders will help push Boeing toward -- and maybe even past -- the annual aircraft order record set last year. Boeing is expected to announce its 2006 order total tomorrow. The last order update came Dec. 20, listing 904 net orders for the year -- about 100 orders short of the 2005 total. Boeing executives previously said they did not expect the 2006 total to match the success of 2005.
An industry consortium last month released performance targets for the air traffic system of the future, including halving the ATM cost per flight by 2020. The consortium of 30 companies and organizations -- including airlines -- issued the report as the second deliverable under its contract with the European Commission and Eurocontrol. This contract comprises the definition phase of the ATM modernization effort that is a crucial part of the Single European Sky process.
New pilots union head John Prater this week gave another warning that the days of contract concessions are over, and he also stressed the need for more collaborative action across all airline units.
