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.
Alaska Air Group yesterday became the latest U.S. carrier to surprise Wall St. with better-than-expected second-quarter earnings, when it reported profit that more than tripled to $55.5 million, excluding special items. Merrill Lynch analyst Michael Linenberg said the quarterly profit was comfortably ahead of the market consensus estimates. The airline saw the same strong revenue gains that other network carriers have experienced, and in addition its cost performance was better than expected, Linenberg said.
American recently told its pilots union that it wants to exchange early openers to begin the negotiating process for a new contract. Under the current agreement, either side could serve notice after May 1 that it wants to begin negotiations. After the airline exercised that right, American and the Allied Pilots Association now have 60 days to present their early opening positions.
More evacuee flights are expected to arrive at Baltimore-Washington airport this week after BWI was last week designated as a repatriation center for U.S. citizens who are being evacuated from Lebanon by the U.S. government. The first flight arrived in the morning on July 20, and as of Monday morning nine flights had arrived with more than 2,000 evacuees. "Several additional flights are expected through midweek," an airport spokesman said. BWI was the first airport to be designated as a repatriation center, and since then others have also been selected.
