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.
Chinese and U.S. aviation officials yesterday confirmed that UPS will be the first non-Chinese carrier to be allowed to operate a hub in China, and at the same time UPS announced it has signed a contract covering the building of its new hub facility at Shanghai's Pudong Airport.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters believes a U.S.-China open-skies agreement can be achieved by the end of May and will tomorrow meet with high-ranking Chinese aviation officials to lay the groundwork for the next round of negotiations.
Air Canada continued to improve its mainline load factor in March, growing by 2.4 points to an impressive 83.8%. Mainline traffic was up 5%, but the carrier held capacity growth to 2%. Canadian domestic traffic increased 5% on a 0.5% capacity cut, with loads rising 4.4 points to 84.4%. U.S. cross-border traffic rose 1.3% and capacity was up 1.1%. Transatlantic traffic increased 6.6% on a 2.3% capacity climb, and transpacific traffic gained 5%, compared to capacity growth of just 0.1%. Latin American traffic increased 7.8% on a 10.5% capacity hike.
