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.
The International Air Transport Association notes that Indonesia is ahead of the industry average with 95.5% e-ticketing usage, and is “well positioned” to meet IATA’s June 1 goal for 100% e-ticketing. The industry-wide e-ticketing rate is 93%. Russian lags significantly at 54%, and Africa and the Middle East regions also behind at 83% and 84%, respectively.
The U.S. Transportation Dept. last week awarded AirTran and Spirit the right to operate new daily flights from Washington National Airport. Spirit will use the new authority to fly a daily roundtrip to either Jacksonville or Milwaukee, and Spirit intends to fly to Fort Lauderdale. The services must begin by May 3. DOT said it selected AirTran and Spirit’s applications because they would offer the “greatest competitive benefits.” Not only are they low-cost carriers, they would also offer more seats than competing carriers, DOT said.
JetBlue is continuing its 2008 summer expansion by introducing a daily nonstop between Salt Lake City and Las Vegas, beginning May 1. This will be JetBlue’s sixth destination from Salt Lake City.
