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 has begun using new airport surface surveillance technology -- known as ASDE-X -- at Atlanta and St. Louis airports, says ASDE-X manufacturer Sensis Corp.
U.K. air traffic controller union Prospect says airlines should not be allowed to sell their share of ATC organization National Air Traffic Services to other private companies. There has been no attempt yet by carriers to sell their stakes, but at least some U.K. airlines are said to be interested in doing so because the value of NATS has skyrocketed since it was partly privatized five years ago. An airline group holds a 42% stake in NATS, while the government has 49%; an employee group and BAA also own a small share.
The U.S. controllers union tomorrow will launch a web site to give the public more information about flight delays -- as well the union's opinion about what is causing these delays. The web site, www.avoiddelays.com, is scheduled to go live at midnight tonight. It pulls together live airport delay information from the FAA's website, and also allows viewers to get individual flight status and delay history through the flightstats.com website. The top delay-prone airports are listed, together with the arrival times that are worst-hit by delays.
