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.
After being hit by two days of delays and cancellations due to Northeast spring storms, airlines, such as JetBlue, are confident they can restore operations to normal Tuesday. JetBlue was among the worst affected, with 175 cancellations Sunday and 84 flights canceled by Monday afternoon. Other carriers also reported hundreds of cancellations over the two days, but most attention was on JetBlue after the well-publicized problems the airline faced during severe February snowstorms.
China's civil aviation head last week stressed the need to emulate the U.S. in the areas of airline deregulation and training, and he also gave encouraging signals about the prospects for an open-skies agreement between the U.S. and China.
The U.S. is hoping high-level meetings between Transportation Secretary Mary Peters and Chinese officials will help resolve an impasse in U.S.-China aviation negotiations, paving the way for an open skies agreement as early as next month.
