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.
Eurocontrol last week awarded a contract to Thales for the delivery of automatic dependent surveillance -- broadcast systems that will be installed thoughout Europe. The five AS-685 multi-channel ADS-B receiving systems and traffic information-broadcast (TIS-B) systems will be installed in the Eurocontrol experimental center in France, and at other sites in Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Portugal. They will be used for operational trials as part of a Eurocontrol advanced surveillance program known as Cascade.
Although few details were revealed by either side last week, it appears that the tentative concession deal reached between Continental and its flight attendants achieved the airline's target of $72 million in annual savings. Continental said Friday it would not disclose the value of the concessions until the International Association of Machinists has given the details to its members. However, the airline is "confident that it achieved the full [concession] contribution allocated to the flight attendants," a spokeswoman told The DAILY.
World Air Holdings this weeky said it will have to restate its earnings for the second quarter due to a "re-examination of expenses" at World subsidiary North American Airlines. The reclassification of some expenses will likely result in an increase in consolidated operating income and net profit for the quarter, although the company didn't elaborate on how much this increase might be. World said it is re-evaluating the financial statements, and will file an amendment to its Form 10-Q when the evaluation is completed. -AS
