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 (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.
Jens Flottau (Istanbul), Adrian Schofield (Istanbul), Robert Wall (Istanbul)
The global airline industry expects further bankruptcies and fundamental structural changes as the sector scrambles to find business models for the new high-operating-cost environment. Industry leaders gave a bleak outlook for the coming months at last week’s International Air Transport Assn.’s annual general assembly in Istanbul. The association counts 24 airlines that have gone bankrupt this year, and industry officials gathered here warn the worst is yet to come.
Robert Wall (Istanbul), Jens Flottau (Istanbul), Adrian Schofield (Istanbul)
How much longer can the paradox last: airlines are going bust yet demand for aircraft remains strong? Aircraft makers are increasingly anxious about the financial turmoil shaking their customers and what it all means for them. At least one senior industry official says a sharp downturn in orders is inevitable. But so far, delays in deliveries and canceled orders due to bankruptcies are being offset by airlines looking for more aircraft, says Airbus CEO Tom Enders.
