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.
Korean Air is caught in the middle of political tension between Japan and Korea concerning the routing of a Korean Air Airbus A380 over an island group disputed by the two countries. As a retaliatory measure, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made a point of banning its officials from flying Korean Air for one month from July 18, according to a transcript of a ministry news conference. The ministry will also not invite Korean Air representatives to any functions it is hosting, either in Japan or Korea.
The New Zealand government has authorized negotiations to begin for new air service agreements with Brazil, China and other nations in East Asia and South America. The talks will be aimed at allowing greater market access to New Zealand and overseas airlines. “We are looking to remove restrictions on current agreements and begin negotiations with other countries to create new agreements,” Associate Transport Minister Nathan Guy says in a press statement.
Qantas low-cost subsidiary Jetstar plans to add Beijing as a one-stop destination, a further signal that Qantas’s Asian growth could be focused on Jetstar. A new daily Singapore-Beijing flight will connect with Jetstar’s existing Melbourne-Singapore service. The flight is expected to begin in November pending regulatory approvals. It will be operated with two-class Airbus A330s.
