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.
Air New Zealand plans to slash capacity by 11% in the trans-Tasman market, hard on the heels of the rejection of its planned code share with Qantas on the troublesome Tasman routes.
The Thanksgiving long weekend was once again bookended by reasonably heavy delay days, with bad weather the culprit on Wednesday and volume the problem on Sunday. Wednesday saw 2,243 delays and another 243 cancellations, and there were 2,140 delays on Sunday. This was slightly worse than last year, when there were 1,824 delays on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, and 2,039 on the following Sunday.
Airbus last week increased its projections for aircraft demand in the next two decades, with both passenger numbers and world fleet size expected to double during this period.
