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.
British Airways Chairman Martin Broughton yesterday called for the U.S. government to drop the limited foreign ownership proposal that the U.S. Transportation Dept. has drafted, and instead try to push much broader aviation market liberalization through Congress.
Seven aviation associations yesterday called for the creation of a formal industry consultation body to advise the European Commission and European governments on security issues.
U.S. scheduled airlines employed 437,014 workers in November 2005, down 6.4% from a year earlier, the U.S. Transportation Dept.'s Bureau of Transportation Statistics said yesterday. The biggest drop came at the seven network carriers tracked by BTS. These airlines saw full-time and part-time employee numbers decline by 9% in November to 290,352. The low-cost carrier employment total dropped 2% to 74,299, and regional carriers were unchanged at 59,301 employees.
