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.
Boeing may have only just squeaked past its previous record for overall aircraft deliveries in 2006, but it absolutely pulverized the existing record for freighter deliveries.
The Air Transport Association yesterday slammed FAA's proposal to manage congestion at new York LaGuardia Airport, with the airline group claiming that the rule is overly complicated and that FAA is exceeding its authority in tinkering with market forces. ATA called for FAA to withdraw its proposal and instead issue a plan with a more limited focus. A far simpler system based on a secondary market for slot trading would be the most efficient way to allocate slots at LaGuardia, ATA believes.
Boeing yesterday confirmed that it set a new record for aircraft orders last year, beating its previous record set in 2005 by finalizing some large orders in the last few weeks of 2006. The flurry of late orders was expected to get Boeing either very close to or past its 2005 total (DAILY, Jan. 3). The final tally was 1,044 net orders, compared with 1,002 in 2005. These orders represent a "strong, well-balanced backlog," said Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Scott Carson.
