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.
Express giant DHL last week dealt a blow to U.S. cargo carrier ABX by cutting back some valuable line-haul and hub services that ABX was contracted to operate, and DHL also introduced more incentive clauses to its ABX agreements. The changes mean DHL will take over responsibility for the truck line-haul network that ABX has been managing. DHL will also no longer require ABX to operate its Allentown hub, after DHL opens a new facility at Allentown in the second quarter. Allentown is the largest of DHL's 18 regional hubs.
U.K. airport operator BAA on Friday rejected a GBP8.8 billion ($15.5 billion) purchase offer from Spanish investment giant Ferrovial, making a hostile takeover campaign by Ferrovial increasingly likely. The BAA board confirmed it received a cash offer from a consortium led by Ferrovial. But after reviewing the offer, the board said it had "no hesitation in rejecting this proposal, which does not begin to reflect the true value of BAA's unique portfolio of airport assets."
World Air Holdings -- parent of World Airways and North American -- this week delayed the filing of its annual report, although preliminary results for 2005 show a healthy rise in operating profit.
