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 yesterday completed its purchase of aviation parts supplier Aviall, which will now operate as a wholly owned subsidiary in Boeing's Commercial Aviation Services unit. Boeing paid $1.7 billion for Aviall, as well as $448 million in debt payments. The acquisition was first announced in May, when Boeing said it planned to complete the purchase in the third quarter. At the time, Boeing expected to assume $350 million in debt. The acquisition is unlikely to affect 2006 earnings, but will be "modestly accretive" to 2007 earnings, Boeing said.
After spending nine months considering whether changes are needed to its airfare advertising rules and finding no consensus among airlines, the U.S. Transportation Dept. decided not to make any changes after all.
