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.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) should be able to fund a large portion of its remaining Boeing 787 deliveries from a planned share issue, which, because of its timing, could weaken the prospects for rival Japan Airlines’ upcoming stock relisting. The share issue is expected to yield up to 211 billion yen ($2.6 billion), which ANA says will be used primarily to pay for aircraft acquisitions.
AirAsia achieved the highest score in Aviation Week’s latest Top-Performing Airlines (TPA) study, underlining the dominance of smaller and niche carriers in this year’s rankings. Of the Top 10 overall, only Singapore Airlines (SIA)—in ninth position—comes from the category of carriers with annual revenues greater than $6 billion. Three are from the mid-size tier with revenues of $2-6 billion, and six have revenues of less than $2 billion. In every region, the smaller airlines are upstaging the giants.
