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.
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey told employees this week that the agency achieved 28 of the 31 goals it set itself in FY2005, including saving nearly $100 million though a cost-control program.
Early signs indicate that FAA's sweeping South Florida airspace redesign project improved traffic flow, as expected, but the official overseeing the project admits the sternest test is yet to come. The airspace redesign aims to reduce congestion on routes from the Northeast to South Florida that have caused chronic delays in the past few winters. FAA created dozens of new sectors and routes that it believes will solve the problem. The first wave of changes came on Oct. 27, and the last piece will be introduced Dec. 12.
European aviation officials yesterday in Brussels signed a deal that will see the users of the air traffic management system create a blueprint for its overhaul, but the industry consortium warned that unless regulators and politicians support the plan it will be just another stack of useless paper.
