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.
Expanding airline service to important East Asian and South American markets is a high priority for the New Zealand government as it looks to launch new rounds of aviation negotiations. The government in July said it had given its negotiators a mandate to begin air service talks with China, Brazil and eight other countries that it declined to name. Aviation Week has learned from industry sources that the others are Argentina, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Peru, Thailand, Uruguay and Vietnam.
The FAA is deploying a new tool at U.S. ATC facilities that will help controllers maintain optimum separation between aircraft on approach. The Automated Terminal Proximity Alert (ATPA) tool was developed by Lockheed Martin and the FAA. The Minneapolis terminal radar approach control (Tracon) was the first to use ATPA, which has also been deployed to the St. Louis Tracon. Chicago and Denver are next on the list, and the agency plans to bring it to other suitable facilities by the end of the year.
An Australian labor court has rejected a long-running challenge by Qantas pilots against the carrier’s use of a New Zealand-based subsidiary. Fair Work Australia dismissed the Australian and International Pilots Association’s application to allow it to represent pilots employed by Jetconnect. Jetconnect is a Qantas Group subsidiary that operates New Zealand-based Boeing 737s between New Zealand and Australia.
