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.
China Eastern this week ordered six sets of blended winglets to be installed on Boeing 737-700 aircraft between February and August next year. The winglet order is the second from China Eastern in two years. The airline and its subsidiaries already operate five 737-800s equipped with winglets, and fuel savings and performance benefits from these aircraft convinced the carrier to make another order, Boeing said.
Actel Corp. is providing more than 700 devices for a wide range of electronics applications on the Airbus A380. The company is using field-programmable gate arrays (FPG-
ExpressJet last week bought a non-controlling interest in Texas aviation services company Wing Aviation. Wing is involved in a wide range of aviation activities, including aircraft charter and management, airframe maintenance, aviation installation and aircraft painting. The company has offices at Houston Hobby and Lone Star Executive airports, and has a full-service fixed-base operator site at Hobby. The two companies will work together in providing private and commercial travel, as well as in the maintenance and installation areas.
