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.
The chorus of calls to break up BAA's monopoly of London-area airports became a lot louder yesterday, with heavyweight British Airways recommending separate owners for Stansted and Heathrow airports.
Swissport proposed a new pay deal that prompted unions to call off a strike by baggage handlers at London Stansted Airport, but the threat of a strike by BMI's London Heathrow ground staff still remains.
Airservices Australia awarded Sensis a contract to provide a wide-area multilateration system that will provide controllers with more accurate surveillance over Tasmania. Sensis will deploy its Multistatic Dependent Surveillance system, using multilateration and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) for en-route ATC coverage. Airservices plans to use the system operationally from 2008, once the required regulatory approvals have been granted. -AS
