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 has sold its small but busy travel health clinic business to a specialist travel health provider. Medical Advisory Services for Travelers Abroad (MASTA) bought BA's travel clinic for an undisclosed amount. BA owned and operated a single travel clinic in central London, providing travel health advice and treatment to the public. The clinic served about 28,000 customers a year and provided more than 34,000 inoculations annually.
The U.K.'s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) this week will begin reviewing airline comments regarding BAA's monopoly of the U.K. airport industry, and the recent security disruptions at London airports is likely to play into the hands of BAA's critics.
Continental CEO Larry Kellner told employees the airline will face a tough struggle to win the right to start Newark-Shanghai flights next year, and if the airline fails in its bid, it will likely have wait two years for another chance. Competing applications for the China route award make this "one of the most competitive route proceedings Continental has been involved in," Kellner said in an employee memo. "Under the current bilateral agreement, the next most likely opportunity for Continental to get rights to Shanghai is in 2009," he said.
