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.
Australian airlines are set to save hundreds of millions of dollars annually due to the Australian government’s repeal of a carbon emissions tax. The repeal, passed by the senate on July 17, was one of the central campaign promises of the Liberal-National Coalition leading up to the September 2012 election that it won. Australia will become one of very few countries-–if not the first-–-to axe an emissions tax.
