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.
FAA plans to commission new airport surface detection -- Model X (ASDE-X) systems at five major airports next year -- Washington Dulles, Phoenix, Detroit, Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale.
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) last week reported that its second-quarter net profit tripled to $43.2 million, thanks to a one-time tax benefit, improved aircraft utilization and more military flying. The tax benefit -- relating to DHL's investment in Atlas subsidiary Polar -- cut income tax costs in the quarter by $27.7 million. A deferred gain of $151.4 million resulting from the DHL investment will be counted as income when the blocked-space agreement between Polar and DHL begins -- scheduled to be no later than Oct. 31, 2008.
Southwest says it won't know for sure how many employees accepted its buyout offer until the end of August or early September. Buyout acceptances had to be posted by Friday, so they would be "trickling in" over the next few days, a Southwest spokeswoman said. In addition, employees are allowed to withdraw their application before the end of August. The voluntary buyout offer was made to 8,700 employees. Southwest has set no specific target for how many employees it hopes will accept. -Adrian_ [email protected]
