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.
Moog Inc. last week announced it has been awarded the lateral control electronics (LCE) contract for Boeing's 747-8 program. Aurora, N.Y.-based Moog has been a supplier of flight control actuators to Boeing for nearly 30 years. Although the company has provided electronics to other manufacturers as part of actuation systems, this will be the first time it has supplied flight control electronics for a Boeing commercial program. The LCE controls the fly-by-wire aileron and spoiler actuators. -AS
The Next Generation Air Transportation Systems Institute, which has had difficulty keeping an executive director in place, is now seeking another candidate after the resignation last month of Stephen T. Fisher.
When it comes to airline capacity, not all world regions are equal. But while there is often enormous disparity between population and capacity share, there is a much closer correlation between GDP and capacity. Combined in different ways, these indicators can all give important clues about untapped demand. There are many factors that contribute to airline capacity within each region. Among these are population, geography, economics, infrastructure and political stability.
