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.
Denver Airport set a new record for daily operations Friday, when it handled 2,013 arrivals and departures, Denver controllers say. Rapid growth in flight numbers at Denver has pushed daily operation totals about 24% ahead of the previous year's totals, said Mike Coulter, head of the local unit of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. Coulter attributed the increase to Denver carriers matching Southwest's recent expansion, and growing numbers of regional jets replacing Boeing 757 and 767 service.
Air traffic control equipment problems at Los Angeles Airport yesterday cut its arrival rate drastically, causing significant flight delays throughout the day.
American saw its consolidated traffic drop in July, mainly due to drastic domestic capacity cuts, although load factors continued to improve. Overall, traffic was down 2.3% on a capacity cut of 4.5%, leading to a 1.9-point load factor increase to 87%. Domestic traffic decreased 4.9%, with capacity plunging 7.6%, and load factor increasing by 2.4 points to 88.2%. International operations saw slight growth, with traffic up 2.7% on a 1.3% capacity hike. International loads were up 1.2 points to 85%.
