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.
The U.S. Transportation Dept. is scheduled to report to Congress in January the steps it is taking to plan the next-generation air traffic control system, and the report will stress that good progress is being made in technology demonstrations and setting up the teams that will craft the finer details of the ATC plan.
Boeing yesterday opened the main round of contract talks with one of its engineers unions and said it will have a best and final offer on the table by the middle of this month.
Virgin Express will be the first carrier to fit blended winglets to 737-300s, after ordering four sets of winglets that will be installed by Sabena Technics.
