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 last week promoted John Tracy from the company's defense unit to replace Jim Jamieson as the company's senior VP-engineering, operations and technology.
World Air Holdings said its share of the fixed-buy military airlift contracts announced this week for fiscal 2007 is up 20% compared with the previous year. The fixed contracts are worth $73 million, comprising $47 million for World subsidiary North American and $26 million for World Airways. World was awarded $61 million in fixed contracts in fiscal 2006, which was down from $104 million in 2005. Fixed-buy contracts are a small part of the eventual total, which is boosted significantly by expansion flying.
Airbus majority owner EADS yesterday confirmed there will be further production delays on the A380 program, although it stressed that specific details on the extent of the delay will have to wait until the manufacturer completes a review.
