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.
FAA yesterday said it will begin imposing its contract terms on the agency's controller work force immediately, even though the House is scheduled to vote on a bill this week that could send FAA and the controllers' union back to the table. Under existing statute, the agency is allowed to impose a contract because Congress chose not to overturn the agency's proposal within a 60-day window. The deadline for congressional action was yesterday. FAA sent its contract proposal to Congress in April after nine months of negotiations yielded no agreement.
American last week reported that its mainline traffic grew 3.7% in May, while capacity rose only fractionally, resulting in load factor growth of 2.6 points to 80.7%. Domestic mainline traffic rose by 2.1% on a 1.9% capacity cut. International traffic grew by 6.9%, and capacity climbed 4.6%. Loads rose 3.3 points to 83% on mainline domestic flights, and increased 1.6 points to 76.8% on international flights. American Eagle reported a May traffic increase of 15.4%, on a capacity hike of 6.7%. Load factor was up 5.8 points to 77.2%. -AS
