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.
Reorganization costs and special items bumped Northwest's first-quarter net loss to $1.1 billion compared to a loss of $537 million last year, the carrier reported yesterday. Excluding reorganization and one-time items, the loss was $129 million, considerably lower than the $450 million loss from the same period last year. The airline saw an operating loss of $15 million, which was also down from last year's operating deficit of $301 million.
American CEO Gerard Arpey told analysts yesterday that the carrier would need to make cost cuts worth about $1 billion this year just to match last year's cost levels, and he said new cost initiatives have already clawed back more than half of the increase.
UPS this week said it will expand the sorting capacity at its Rockford, Ill. air package hub by nearly 50%. Although sort capacity will be boosted, the project will not expand UPS's hub building at Chicago/Rockford Airport, the company said. Additional sorting equipment will be installed, lifting the sort rate from 82,000 packages per hour to 121,000 per hour. Extra workers will also be needed.
