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.
Alaska Airlines kept its load factor for April stable at 76.9%, matching a 3.4% traffic growth with the same capacity increase. For the year through the end of April, traffic rose 9.2% on a 6% capacity hike, resulting in load factor growing 2.2 points to 75%. Meanwhile, Horizon saw traffic decrease 6.9% in April, with capacity dropping 3.8% and load factor falling 2.3 points to 69.2%.
Ambassador John Bruton, head of the European Commission’s delegation to the U.S., will brief the House aviation subcommittee today during a hearing on aviation and the environment. Bruton’s briefing will occur during an official recess during the hearing and will not be part of the record.
JAL Group last week raised its financial estimate for the fiscal year ended March 31, with net profit expected to more than double. JAL plans to release its final figures for fiscal 2007 on May 9, but it is already predicting they will be significantly better than its November forecast. Japanese regulations require companies to give notification anytime they expect net profit to change more than 30% from previous estimates.
