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.
AUCKLAND — In addition to thousands of job cuts, Qantas has revealed plans to defer aircraft orders, accelerate fleet retirements and eliminate some routes as part of major surgery to mitigate spiraling losses.
The end of the code share agreement between Qantas and South African Airways (SAA) will likely open the way for SAA to further extend its new relationship with Virgin Australia. The recent announcement that Qantas and SAA will terminate their partnership on important Australia-South Africa routes came soon after SAA struck a code share deal with Virgin to improve access to certain Australian cities. It has long been apparent that regulatory headaches had put the Qantas-SAA relationship in doubt.
