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.
International passenger load factors saw a steeper drop in March than they did in February, although there is some hope that cargo volume declines have leveled out, according to the International Air Transport Association.
The U.S. Transportation Dept. yesterday declared that it has the information needed to rule on the antitrust immunity application by American, British Airways and other oneworld carriers, triggering a six-month deadline for DOT to make a final ruling on this case. In establishing that the record in this case is “substantially complete,” DOT set a 21-day timeframe for comments, and then a seven-day window for replies. DOT must make its final decision on the oneworld application by the end of October.
Airline executives around the globe are generally more optimistic about the outlook for airline profitability, according to a new business confidence survey, but there is still a large degree of uncertainty.
