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.
American yesterday moved the last of its Eagle flights out of the satellite terminal at its Dallas/Fort Worth hub, the latest step in the airline's plans to concentrate all Eagle flights in Terminal B. All Eagle turboprop flights and some of its jet flights at DFW had been operated out of the satellite terminal. Airline spokesman Dave Jackson told The DAILY that boarding and deplaning will be cut by about 15 minutes because buses will no longer be needed. Baggage will also reach passengers much more quickly.
Unusually strong winds throughout the Northeast U.S. on Wednesday caused more than 1,000 delays out of the nationwide delay total of 1,200. There were also 750 flight cancellations, with the highest number at new York LaGuardia. Newark had 301 delays, LGA had 278 and Boston 243. The New York area saw wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour, which affected LaGuardia through most of the day, a port authority spokesman said. There was no damage reported at the three New York airports. -AS
FAA named Victoria Cox as the acting VP-operations planning for the agency's Air Traffic Organization, filling one of the two positions being vacated by the departure of Charlie Keegan. Cox was the director of the ATO's operations planning international office and was responsible for the development of FAA's strategy for the Next Generation Air Traffic System. In this role she also oversaw ATO's international strategy. Cox has also previously worked for the Defense Dept. as director of international technology programs.
