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.
DayJet, an on-demand very light jet operator, has signed an agreement with FAA to help test new air traffic control concepts in Florida. Under the five-year memorandum of agreement, DayJet will work with FAA, the Florida Transportation Dept. and the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Air New Zealand plans to cut back more capacity on its international routes, although it will also put larger aircraft on its San Francisco flights. The carrier will cut one of its nine Auckland-Tokyo flights from September to November, and will also stop its seasonal, twice-daily Auckland-Hong Kong flights in December and January. Hong Kong will still receive Air NZ’s daily Auckland-Hong Kong-London flight.
Adrian Schofield (Istanbul), Robert Wall (Istanbul), Jens Flottau (Istanbul)
The airline industry’s latest financial nosedive is injecting new urgency into calls for broader liberalization of the global aviation market. Although prospects for regulatory breakthroughs are bleak, carriers believe that allowing cross-border mergers would spark the massive restructuring the industry needs to achieve long-term stability.
