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.
Qantas and American Airlines have won tentative approval from Australian regulators for a closer transpacific partnership. In its draft decision, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) finds no problems with the joint business agreement (JBA) proposed by the two carriers. The Oneworld alliance partners want to coordinate operations on routes between Australia/New Zealand and the U.S., and on supporting domestic networks. A wide range of activities are covered, including pricing and scheduling decisions.
A massive narrowbody order by Qantas is destined to shake up the Asia-Pacific airline industry, even though none of these aircraft will operate under the famous flying kangaroo brand.
A new procedure agreed on by civil aviation authorities in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao has reduced conflicts in the airspace over the Pearl River Delta, one of the major congestion bottlenecks in Asia. The agreement establishes a third handover point for traffic crossing the Hong Kong and Guangzhou flight information regions (FIRs), effective Sept. 22. The added point will enable aircraft headed for Shenzen to transit the Hong Kong FIR more easily, says Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department.
