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.
Major airline groups are frustrated that European nations are not moving quickly enough to form the large airspace blocks that are intended to overlay the patchwork of national borders and make it much easier for flights to cross European airspace.
Hawaiian Airlines last week joined the list of carriers supporting the U.S. Transportation Dept.'s proposed rule change that would liberalize airline foreign ownership restrictions.
Boeing will close its Melbourne, Ark., MRO facility during the second quarter of this year, the airframer announced last week. "We have made a difficult decision to close the Boeing facility in Melbourne, which has seen its [workload] steadily decline...This decision reflects the unfortunate business realities facing the Melbourne operations," said Joy Romero, director of the Boeing Commercial Airplanes Salt Lake City facility which oversees the Melbourne operation.
