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.
Virgin Australia will not make a commitment to lock in its long-term growth plans for Tiger Airways, even though regulators have hinted that such a promise would help it gain approval to purchase Tiger.
Upcoming peak travel periods have prompted All Nippon Airways (ANA) to extend route cancellations caused by the Boeing 787 groundings through the end of May. The latest update from ANA includes more than 1,700 flight cancellations for the March 31-May 31 period. However, an airline spokeswoman tells Aviation Week that ANA is not assuming the groundings will continue through May, but it has no new information about when the 787s are likely to resume service.
Increasing frustration at the lack of progress in reorganizing European airspace has led airlines to call for the effort to be refocused on more ambitious changes.
