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.
Pennsylvania state officials are working to give pilots in the state's airspace access to a new array of cockpit weather and surveillance information, and they have succeeded in accelerating FAA's timetable for bringing this technology to their state. The Pennsylvania Transportation Dept. (Penn- DOT), together with FAA, plans to launch by the end of the year an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) network that will cover the eastern half of the state. PennDOT hopes coverage will be extended to the rest of the state within the next four years.
Air New Zealand yesterday took delivery of the first of eight Boeing 777-200ERs the carrier is scheduled to receive over the next two years, and the aircraft are part of a major overhaul of its international fleet that includes refitted 747-400s and retirement of most of its 767s.
