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.
A new U.S. consulting firm has been established specifically to help aviation companies sharpen their environmental initiatives, and one of its first objectives is to organize the largest aviation environmental conference in the U.S.
IATA yesterday cut its 2008 industry profit outlook for the second time in three months mainly because of wider economic uncertainty, and the airline association now believes profits will drop slightly year over year to $5 billion.
CIT Aerospace this week announced a deal under which the leasing company will buy 15 737-800s from Ryanair. Deliveries of the aircraft will begin in 2008 and end in 2009. All the aircraft are committed to future leases, and CIT said they will help it "continue to meet customer demand" for -800s.
