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.
South African Airlines veteran Andre Viljoen, who currently heads Air Mauritius, has been selected by Fiji Airways as its next CEO and managing director.
Safe Air works extensively with military customers, but also performs some MRO work for Air New Zealand as well as for airlines in Australia and elsewhere.
In a strongly worded response, VU Kumar, chairman of AirAsia’s audit committee, said the carrier is “somewhat distressed and peeved to have been accused of corporate-governance abuses and condoning accounting gimmicks.” He was referring to an analyst report by Hong Kong-based GMT Research earlier this month that caused a significant slide in the airline’s share prices.
