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.
House aviation leaders are signaling they will support a Senate initiative to set aggressive deadlines for FAA to introduce RNAV/RNP procedures nationwide. House aviation subcommittee Chair Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) says that while the House FAA reauthorization bill does not contain similar deadlines, he believes that “the Senate’s approach has merit, and that it should be given serious consideration in conference.” The Senate FAA bill proposes milestones for completing RNP and RNAV procedures at the top 35 airports by 2014, and nationwide by 2018.
The oneworld alliance said all its members serving Barcelona Airport will be transferred to the new Terminal 1, effective Sept. 9. Five oneworld carriers serve Barcelona — Iberia, American, British Airways, Finnair and Royal Jordanian. Iberia Regional Air Nostrum and low-cost associate Vueling will also move into the facility. Terminal 1 will be able to handle 30 million passengers a year, almost doubling the airport’s current capacity. The new terminal will have 101 boarding gates, 43 air bridges, and 166 check-in desks.
Most major world regions saw smaller year-on-year declines in international traffic during June, but this improvement versus the May decline comes at the expense of huge revenue drops, IATA said. Overall, international traffic was down 7.2% in June, compared to the same month in 2008. In May, traffic dropped 9.3% year-on-year. The June capacity cut of 4.3% did not keep pace with the traffic decline, depressing international load factor 2.3 points to 75.3%. Revenues dropped 25%-30%, IATA estimated.
