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.
IATA said yesterday that global air freight growth in November remained slow at 2.8%, although passenger growth for the month was much healthier at 6.1%, with passenger capacity growing 4.6%.
Airbus bookended the New Year's weekend with two new orders for its A350 aircraft, but the manufacturer was still well short of its stated goal of 200 A350 orders by the end of 2005. Yesterday, Airbus announced three firm orders and three options for A350-800s from Italian carrier Eurofly. Four days earlier, Bangkok Airways committed to buy six A350s. Airbus said the Eurofly order takes A350 orders and commitments to 172 aircraft from 13 customers.
Lockheed Martin yesterday said it has finished developing the software for FAA's crucial en-route ATC upgrade, and can now begin testing the software to make sure that it meets the agency's requirements.
