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.
American's April operating results, released last week, sounded a familiar refrain of shrinking domestic capacity offset by increases in international capacity. The airline's April load factor increased 4.3 points to 81.7%, with traffic up 5.5% and capacity essentially flat. Domestic traffic increased 3.3% with capacity down 2.3%, and international traffic grew 10.1% on a capacity hike of 4.4%. American Eagle reported traffic up 17.1%, capacity increasing 9.9%, and load factor rising 4.6 points to 74.4%. -AS
Hawaiian Holdings yesterday reported a net loss of $12.3 million for the first quarter, although the company was lifted by the rising revenue tide that the rest of the industry is also experiencing. The carrier saw an operating loss of $4.6 million in the first quarter, a significant reversal from last year's $6.3 million operating profit. Operating revenue increased 10.8% to $209.7 million, with passenger yield up 1.1% and unit revenue increasing 5.7%.
At the same time that Boeing is perfecting radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to use on 787 components, engineers are developing a much more advanced RFID system for future Boeing programs.
