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.
UPS last week reported a net profit increase of 7.1% to $953 million for the September quarter, with international and domestic package revenue showing healthy increases. Consolidated operating profit grew 19.1% to $1.5 billion, with consolidated revenue up 17.9% to $10.55 billion. Global average daily package volume increased by 4.7%, or 644,000 packages per day, to 14.3 million. "This has been a great quarter of growth for UPS...We have tremendous momentum right now and we see it continuing," said UPS CEO Mike Eskew.
FAA last week began full operational use of a new oceanic air traffic control system at its Oakland center, an important step in reducing separation and modernizing the way traffic is controlled on transpacific routes.
FAA last week began full operational use of a new oceanic ATC system at its Oakland center, an important step in reducing separation and modernizing the way traffic is controlled on transpacific routes. The advanced technologies and oceanic procedures (ATOP) system was previously used only sporadically at Oakland while operational testing was completed. The transition to full-time coverage by ATOP in all sectors took two days, and the older system was put into standby mode. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor for ATOP.
