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.
Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.), the ranking Democrat on the House aviation subcommittee, will be pulling double duty for a while as he takes on a leadership role on the Science Committee’s space and aeronautics subcommittee. Costello will be acting ranking member of the space and aeronautics subcommittee, filling in for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) while she recovers from the wounds she suffered during the recent shooting in Tucson, Ariz. A staffer confirms Costello will continue to be ranking member of the aviation subcommittee at the same time.
Cathay Pacific is launching a legal appeal of the €57 million ($78 million) fine imposed by the European Commission due to alleged cargo price fixing by Cathay and 10 other airlines. The appeal was filed with the General Court of the European Union, Cathay says. A similar appeal was filed in the Seoul High Court in December, challenging an antitrust ruling on the same issue by the Korean Fair Trade Commission.
Eurocontrol estimates that air traffic in Europe is likely to almost double by 2030, although growth has been set back significantly by the slow recovery of demand following the global downturn. In its latest long-term forecast, Eurocontrol predicts there will be 16.9 million annual IFR movements in 2030, 1.8 times more traffic than the 2009 baseline. This is based on the most likely of four economic scenarios modeled by Eurocontrol. The other three scenarios would see growth multipliers between 1.4 and 2.2.
