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.
As Hawaiian Airlines prepares to enter the Japanese market, the carrier believes it will benefit from capacity cutbacks on Japan Airlines’ Hawaiian routes. JAL is retiring more Boeing 747-400s as part of its restructuring, meaning that smaller 767s are being put on Japan-Hawaii routes, said Hawaiian CFO Peter Ingram during the Merrill Lynch Bank of America Global Transportation Conference on June 16. “They are taking seats out of the market, even if not frequencies,” Ingram said, which makes it an “opportune time” for Hawaiian’s proposed service to Tokyo.
The Iceland volcano caused passenger totals on international routes to drop 5.9% year-on-year in April, denting the strengthening trend of demand growth, according to the International Air Transport Association. The April dip contrasted with a 7.4% increase in passenger traffic in the first quarter. Most of the damage was in economy travel, as premium passenger numbers were still up by 1.1% year-on-year in April.
