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.
The Aerospace Industries Association says a State Department final rule will make it clear to U.S. companies what export licenses, if any, are required to sell aircraft parts overseas and whether they can be used in civil aviation. The final rule relates to implementation of section 17(c) of the Export Administration Act. That law gave the Commerce Department export control jurisdiction over civil aviation parts, but industry has long complained that it was unclear which parts could still be labeled “military” and subject to tighter export controls.
The United Arab Emirates is planning to implement facial recognition software at all airports and other points of entry to the country to identify people who are wanted or pose a threat to the state, according to CryptoMetrics, which provided the technology for the nationwide project’s first phase at Abu Dhabi Airport. The airport turned on its system July 14.
In the next round of U.S.-European Union open-skies talks this fall, the U.S. will propose waiving nationality clauses in other bilaterals that limit U.S. or EU citizens from investing in third-country airlines. This, the U.S. says, will give airlines in these countries greater access to capital. The proposal will not affect ownership and control rules between the U.S. or the EU. When the nationality clause issue was first raised in May, the EU said it was no substitute for the real prize of easing U.S. ownership and control regulations (DAILY, May 15).
