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.
Nav Canada said Monday that it will postpone a new charging system that was to have been introduced March 1. The Nav Canada board decided "more time is needed to consider the comments and suggestions made in submissions...from stakeholders." A decision on the proposed charging system -- and new implementation dates -- are now expected in April, Nav Canada said.
FAA's Air Traffic Organization (ATO) has succeeded in pruning costs and running more efficiently, but the lack of excess fat means this year's congressional budget cuts are causing major headaches for the organization, ATO officials said yesterday.
Air New Zealand says it will go ahead with an earlier plan to outsource its widebody heavy maintenance after its engineers failed to ratify a deal that would have kept the work in New Zealand.
