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.
Long-haul, low-cost airline AirAsia X (AAX) said it is succeeding in keeping its aircraft relatively full despite weakening demand and a dramatic increase in capacity.
An expanding fleet of Airbus A320s is enabling Jetstar Japan to dramatically boost its winter-flight schedule compared to the same season last year. The low-cost carrier (LCC) will operate 54 daily return flights during the winter period, which began on Oct. 26, a Jetstar Japan spokesman told Aviation Week. During the last winter-scheduling season, the airline offered just 36 daily return flights. So far, the airline only flies domestically.
Boeing predicts that over the next 20 years, airlines in the Oceania region will order a larger share of smaller-widebody aircraft than the global average.
