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.
The Qantas group is deferring and canceling Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 orders in response to slowing demand, which will mean significant reductions in capital spending for the airline.
Qantas Group carriers extended the suspension of their New Zealand and Tasmania flying through June 14 due to the presence of volcanic ash clouds at high levels, although other airlines resumed flying to New Zealand a day earlier. Qantas, along with other Australian airlines, began canceling Melbourne, Tasmania and New Zealand services on June 12 as the ash plume from a volcano in Chile drifted over New Zealand and the south coast of Australia. However, Virgin Australia resumed flying all of these routes on June 13.
Volcanic ash clouds have once again been causing headaches for airlines in the past few days, but this time the culprit is an eruption in Chile and the carriers affected most are those in Australia and New Zealand.
