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 two major carriers in the Philippines have both recorded strong increases in net profits for the first half of the year, although Philippine Airlines (PAL) improved the most and overtook its LCC rival Cebu Pacific. Cebu this week posted a net profit of 5.2 billion Philippine pesos ($53.98 million) for the six months through June 30, up by 64% over the same period last year. However, it was below the P5.9 billion profit predicted by PAL in a recent stock exchange filing.
Search and rescue personnel have reached the wreckage of an ATR 42 aircraft that crashed in mountainous terrain in the Papua region of Indonesia on Aug. 16.
