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.
Now that the dust has settled after the sudden resignation of FAA Chief Operating Officer Henry Krakowski, it is time to consider the long-term implications. It seems clear that the U.S. Transportation Department's main goal in forcing the issue was to send a signal that it is taking recent controller controversies seriously. But Krakowski's departure will have broader ramifications for the agency's operational arm.
Virgin Blue will from now on operate its domestic services as Virgin Australia, and the group’s international carriers will also take on the new name by the end of the year after a complex branding dispute involving Singapore Airlines was resolved.
Delta Air Lines and Australia’s Virgin Blue Group are significantly boosting their code-share network as they await U.S. regulators’ decision on whether they can tighten their partnership even further. The latest code-share expansion adds more Delta destinations in the U.S. beyond the Los Angeles gateway and more Virgin Blue routes from Sydney to other Australian and New Zealand cities.
