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.
Maxjet yesterday revealed plans to boost its three strongest transatlantic routes -- including its new Los Angeles flights -- while ending its Washington Dulles service. The carrier will increase New York Kennedy-London Stansted flights from seven per week to 10 times a week by March 1, 2008. A fifth Los Angeles-London flight will be added Dec. 5, and Las Vegas flights will increase from four to six, beginning Feb. 15. The Washington flights will be discontinued at the start of the winter season, on Oct. 29.
Hawaiian this week reported an impressive 21.7% traffic increase for September, and translated that into a healthy load factor gain. With capacity rising 15.1%, loads rose by 4.8 points to 87.9% for the month. Charter operations saw drops in traffic, capacity and load factor, so scheduled operations produced slightly higher gains than the consolidated numbers.
