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 Hawaii inter-island market will lose one of the handful of small carriers that competes with Hawaiian Airlines, with regional jet operator Go! planning to cease operations from April 1. Go! is owned by Mesa Air Group, and the parent company said it is withdrawing the Hawaii service so it can redeploy aircraft to support its growing operations on the U.S. mainland.
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce faces another grilling from Australian lawmakers this week, as politicians and unions spar over whether to repeal the law that restricts foreign ownership of the carrier.
Sean Broderick (Washington), Jens Flottau (Frankfurt), Guy Norris ( Los Angeles ), Adrian Schofield (Auckland)
The story of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 reads like bad fiction—a perfectly safe aircraft disappears from radar on a scheduled flight, and the extensive international search-and-rescue effort that ensues finds few clues. It is not fiction, but it should be in light of the technology to monitor aircraft and the massive amounts of operational data available.
