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 is conducting studies at Auburn University to try and find how best to discourage birds from flocking around airport water retention systems. The study is a joint project with FAA, the university, U.S. Agriculture Dept. Wildlife Services, and the National Wildlife Research Center field station in Sandusky, Ohio, according to the FAA employee Web site. Scientists will observe bird behavior around test ponds at the university and test different bird deterrent strategies.
The International Air Transport Association and the American Association of Airport Executives have agreed to offer joint training courses for the airport industry. The partnership will initially offer two courses on airport operations and marketing. The two groups also collaborated on a conference last year.
Latin American carriers saw February average load factor dip by two percentage points year-on-year, as capacity continued to rise, according to the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA). Load factor was down to 68.5%, with traffic dropping 1.7% and capacity increasing 1.1%. Enplanements fell 3.5% in February. For the first two months of 2009, load factor was down 1.2 points to 71%. The capacity increase was 2.6% for these two months, while traffic was up by just 0.9%.
