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 unveiled the routes it will launch from Dallas Love Field -- mainly matching Southwest's new service to Missouri cities -- but American also revealed a broader array of flight cuts at its Dallas/Fort Worth hub.
Eurocontrol says at least 20 countries have published new radio frequency rules that increase the number of channels available for controller-pilot communication, which means a successful transition to the new standards is likely, the agency says. The frequency rules, published by European states as Aeronautical Information Circulars, will require the spacing between channels to be reduced to 8.33kHz above flight level 195. The change will occur March 15, 2007, and will require some airlines to retrofit new radio equipment on aircraft.
FAA and manufacturer Lockheed Martin last week completed the installation of an air traffic control communications system at all 20 of the agency's en-route centers. The last of the centers to receive the en-route communications gateway (ECG) systems was Miami. The ECG rollout began in 2003 in Seattle and was completed on schedule. ECG provides a single gateway for processing surveillance and flight data for the centers.
