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.
Continental and All Nippon Airways plan to begin their new code-sharing arrangement March 28, giving ANA access to select U.S. domestic flights and further boosting Continental’s transpacific offering. ANA will put its code on U.S. domestic flights from the Japanese carrier’s U.S. gateways to Houston. The three Houston routes covered will be Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago.
Air New Zealand will boost its domestic capacity significantly next year as it adds Airbus A320s to its fleet. The airline expects domestic capacity to increase 10.5% from January 2011, when the first of the A320s arrives. Capacity will be up 26% for the duration of the Rugby World Cup, which New Zealand is hosting in September and October next year. While the World Cup is part of the reason for the increase, Air NZ is also seeing strong demand. January saw the highest domestic load factor in the airline’s history.
The House is expected March 17 to consider another three-month extension to the FAA’s operating authority, which would allow more time for the Senate to pass its FAA reauthorization bill and to reconcile it with the House version. The current FAA authorization extension expires March 31.
