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.
American, British Airways and Iberia say they have no objection to combining their oneworld antitrust immunity and joint venture applications, the three carriers told the U.S. Transportation Dept. this week. Virgin Atlantic has urged DOT to combine the two applications. The three oneworld airlines also refuted numbers cited by Virgin about the transatlantic market dominance their joint venture would represent.
FAA is talking to other ATC organizations about conducting more joint trials of ATM operational improvements — including tailored arrivals — and news of these initiatives will be revealed in coming months, according to FAA head Robert Sturgell. These will be similar to major cooperative trials being undertaken on transatlantic and transpacific routes.
Nav Canada and the U.K.’s National Air Traffic Services are once again cooperating on new ATC technology, this time in flight data processing. NATS is using a system, developed by Nav Canada, to track flight data at the Swanwick en route center. The code call-sign distribution system replacement (CCDS-R) matches the transponder code transmitted by aircraft with filed flight plans, making it easier for controllers to positively identify aircraft.
