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.
Fiji Airways is taking another step in its strategic overhaul by rebranding its regional subsidiary Pacific Sun as Fiji Link. The new name will align better with the parent carrier, which changed its own name from Air Pacific to Fiji Airways in June. The rebranding of the regional operation as Fiji Link will become official in the middle of 2014, when it takes delivery of a leased ATR 72-600.
The U.S. Embassy in Manila says a FAA team is currently in the Philippines to discuss the country’s safety classification, although a further visit may be needed before an upgrade can be granted. FAA officials are meeting with their counterparts in the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), under the auspices of the FAA’s international aviation safety assessment program. This appears to be a higher-level delegation than the FAA teams that have visited the Philippines over the past several months.
