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 new fuel rationing agreement at London Heathrow Airport still leaves the door open for unfair treatment of non-U.K. carriers, according to the major U.S. airline industry group. Also left unresolved is the crucial question of whether Heathrow's diminished fuel supply can meet increased summer demand.
The FAA's Air Traffic Organization is achieving its goal of reducing its unit costs -- despite higher employee salaries -- and helping airlines increase fuel efficiency, ATO head Russell Chew said this week. ATO cut its labor cost per controlled flight by 1.5% in Fiscal Year 2005, Chew said at the Jane's Maastricht Air Traffic Control conference. ATO absorbed a 5% wage increase, although productivity for controllers and first-line supervisors rose 3%. Productivity was up 4% in terminal facilities and 2% in en route centers.
Boeing says it is preparing to sign a new air traffic management contract with FAA that will see the airframer undertake a six-year program demonstrating new procedures on transatlantic flights in coordination with European air traffic control organizations.
