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.
World Airways and its customers have canceled most of its commercial flights, although the carrier denies a union claim that striking pilots have been locked out.
UPS this week opened its expanded sorting hub at Cologne/Bonn airport, which represents the largest infrastructure investment the carrier has made outside the U.S. The expansion took more than two years to complete and almost doubled the original hub's sorting facility to 110,000 packages per hour. New automation technology is responsible for most of the speed increase, UPS said. The project also doubled the area of the sort facilities to 813,000 square feet. The carrier said it could easily expand the operation further to handle up to 165,000 packages.
Boeing yesterday launched its 737-700ER with an order for two aircraft from ANA. The -700ER will have the longest range of the 737 family with the exception of the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ). ANA swapped two of its existing -700 orders for the -700ERs. The carrier placed 45 orders for the -700s in 2003, and has the right to substitute them for the long-range version. The first of the -700ERs is scheduled for delivery in early 2007.
