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.
Frontier saw strong unit revenue growth in January, based on a load factor increase of 7.3 points. Traffic increased 18.3% for the month, far exceeding the 6.4% capacity growth. Passenger unit revenue climbed 11.7%, compared with last year, with yields increasing by just 0.3%. Enplanements were up 12.5%.
British Airways is concerned about how the U.S. economic slowdown and credit market crisis might hurt transatlantic travel, but these trends will not cause BA and other airlines to think twice about adding new flights in this market, a senior airline executive tells The DAILY.
Hard on the heels of the launch of its new Project Lauren operation, British Airways has revealed another new strategy for transatlantic service with business-only double daily flights between London City Airport and New York, using Airbus A318s.
