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 latest round of China flight awards became even more complicated yesterday, with Northwest and Delta applying for two flights each and putting themselves in direct conflict with the applications of other carriers.
The House aviation subcommittee is scheduled to hold a hearing July 24 to examine the need to improve worker conditions in FAA's older ATC facilities. This issue gained traction earlier this year after a couple of incidents at FAA facilities when controllers became ill after noxious fumes entered work areas. Carbon monoxide affected controllers at the New York terminal radar approach control (TRACON) in April, and the same problem occurred at the Washington Dulles tower in May.
European ATM costs are expected to "gradually decrease" through 2010, following a 4.7% decline in cost per flight hour between 2002 and 2005, a new Eurocontrol report says. The current average cost per flight hour in Europe is EUR395 (US$545 million), and each percentage point reduction translates into a cost saving of EUR80 million in savings that are passed on to airlines, Eurocontrol said. These statistics are included in the agency's annual ATM Cost-Effectiveness Benchmarking Report, which analyzes 35 European air navigation service providers (ANSPs).
