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.
British Airways saw its May traffic figures dip by 2.1%, with the airline attributing the decline to the strong performance in the same month last year. May passenger capacity dropped 0.1%, resulting in load factor falling 1.5 percentage points to 73.3%. Both premium and non-premium traffic fell by the same amount. BA warned it is unlikely to see growth in premium traffic for the first half of the year.
Emirates yesterday announced Toronto will be its first destination in Canada, opening a market it has been eyeing for a long time despite restrictive aviation rights between the two countries.
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey's trip to China last week resulted in a new aviation commitment aimed at increasing cooperation between the two nations in ATC, certification and training. Blakey and Chinese Civil Aviation Minister Yang YuanYuan identified ways they could build on the existing cooperation agreement, which was completed in 2004. The pair signed a Record of Discussion pledging to expand efforts covering "a broad waterfront," Blakey said.
