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.
Adrian Schofield (Phoenix), Jennifer Michels (Phoenix)
FAA Administrator-nominee Randy Babbitt will not have the luxury of a quiet settling-in period in his new role, as he will quickly have to grapple with major challenges ranging from air traffic control modernization to thorny labor disputes.
Jennifer Michels (Washington), Adrian Schofield (Washington)
The best that can be said about FAA airline traffic and revenue forecasts for 2009 and 2010 are that U.S. airlines have already adjusted for overcapacity and higher oil prices and are better prepared to withstand the industry downturn than nearly all of their global competitors. In releasing its Aerospace Forecast for Fiscal Years 2009-25, the FAA says airline profits and traffic in 2009 will for the most part fall sharply from last year, start to level off in 2010 and begin to climb again in 2011.
The evolution of global airline alliances into even tighter joint ventures is prompting fierce debate about whether transatlantic cooperation is going too far. While the U.S. Congress considers legislation that could unravel joint ventures, airlines argue these links provide crucial benefits denied to them by cross-border merger restrictions.
