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.
IATA believes FAA should more fully adopt IATA's well-established global airline scheduling process to help make operations at New York Kennedy Airport more efficient. FAA is using only some elements of the IATA system as it prepares to hold a scheduling conference for JFK Oct. 23-24. During this conference, airlines will be asked to cut flights to meet realistic capacity targets. While it's too late to change this process, future scheduling efforts should more closely align with the IATA procedure, the group believes.
Delta believes it is entering a very lucrative market with the New York Kennedy-Tel Aviv flights it plans to start next year, and the airline hopes it can replicate the success of its Atlanta-Tel Aviv route, according to an airline executive. Delta intends to launch JFK-TLV service March 10, using Boeing 767-300s. The carrier currently code shares with Israel's El Al on this route but is ending the arrangement at the end of October, so it can compete with El Al head to head.
FAA will attempt to cap flights at New York Kennedy Airport at 81 an hour during afternoon peak times, which appears to mean airlines will have to make significant cuts to existing schedules. The agency released its targets Friday afternoon and will use them during an airline scheduling conference planned Oct. 23-24. During closed-door sessions, airlines will be asked to volunteer flight cuts to meet the flight limits.
