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 plans to introduce new air routes along the East Coast, together with other changes in Florida airspace, which the agency says will cut down some of the chronic delays caused by "snowbird" traffic from the Northeast to Florida during winter months.
Saab Aerostructures won a contract from Boeing to supply three types of doors for Boeing's new 787 program. Saab will design and build the 787's large cargo doors, bulk cargo doors and access doors, for a total of seven doors per aircraft. The doors, to be built at Saab's facility in Linkoping, Sweden, will be made of advanced lightweight carbon-fiber composites. -AS
Top Chinese aviation official Yang Yuanyuan yesterday said a new bilateral aviation safety agreement with the U.S. will help China confront a range of growing pains caused by its mushrooming airline industry.
