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.
Korean Air is expanding capacity on its routes from Seoul to Toronto and Vancouver, as a result of a new Canada-Korea open skies agreement. The airline had already told The DAILY that increasing the frequency of both routes daily was a high priority (DAILY, June 9). Under the latest announcement, the four weekly Boeing 777 flights to Toronto will be boosted to daily service, beginning Aug. 14. On the Vancouver route, Korean will replace a 777 with a 747, adding more than 200 seats a week.
The unveiling of the U.S. Senate’s FAA reauthorization bill marks a crucial step in resolving policy and funding questions that have been hanging over the aviation industry for years. But the bill also sets up battles with House lawmakers that could once again bog down the reauthorization effort.
Commerce Committee leaders yesterday urged the U.S. Transportation Dept. not to change its long-standing process for reviewing airline antitrust immunity applications. Committee Chair Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) said they are “concerned that abrupt changes to DOT’s established policy in reviewing [ATI] agreements could put open-skies agreements in great jeopardy and make new ones difficult and potentially impossible to achieve.” The Justice Dept.
