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 yesterday said most areas of its business have recovered from the August security crisis, although September traffic was still dampened in a few important categories.
FAA does not expect many immediate problems due to Congress not passing a new spending bill before the fiscal year ended last week, but more serious headaches are likely if the agency remains under an interim funding rule in January, FAA's top financial official said.
The U.S. Postal Service awarded new five-year domestic mail contracts to seven passenger airlines, and the contracts should yield a combined $225 million in fiscal 2007. The airlines selected are American, ATA, Continental, JetBlue, Midwest, Sun Country and US Airways. In FY2007, the carriers will transport an estimated 450 million pounds of express, first-class and priority mail from designated TSA sites. -AS
