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 has logged nearly 90 orders for its 737 family within the last two weeks -- to identified customers and Ryanair -- and there is a good chance the manufacturer will break its record for 737 annual orders. Last week Boeing posted an additional 26 unidentified 737 orders on its web site, and announced 32 orders by Ryanair. For the week of Sept. 18, Boeing had posted 31 unidentified 737 orders. This adds up to 89 orders over a two-week span.
Allowing FAA to go to the bond market would be an effective way to finance expensive infrastructure modernization, a financing industry expert told Congress this week, but a government watchdog organization warns this approach would be more expensive than borrowing through the Treasury Dept.
The Senate last week approved a bill that essentially codifies a compromise deal on the Wright Amendment dispute, although at press time Friday the House had still not voted on its own version of this bill. The Wright Amendment bill was expected to face more hurdles in the House than in the Senate. Leaders of the House Judiciary Committee preferred their own version of this bill over the version the House was voting on that was similar to the Senate-passed bill.
