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.
Qantas said it will still have to cancel flights today and May 23 even though its mechanics union decided not to strike after all. The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers’ Association (ALAE) changed its mind about the work stoppage just a day before the first planned action. Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon said the decision “had come too late for the airline to reverse the cancellation of services.” However, Qantas said it would add capacity on some routes, operating four additional Sydney-Melbourne flights.
Alaska Airlines boosted its West Coast schedule by adding two weekday roundtrips between Seattle and San Francisco from July 7. The new flights give Alaska 10 daily roundtrips between Seattle and San Francisco, and 24 flights between Seattle and the three Bay Area airports.
A new set of Single European Sky directives should give fresh momentum to crucial but slow-moving efforts to form larger multinational airspace blocks, says Eurocontrol head David McMillan.
