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.
Air New Zealand says it will send heavy maintenance of its widebody aircraft engines to an overseas company, although the carrier delayed a decision on its proposal to do the same with its airframe maintenance.
American is axing plans to introduce flights from New York Kennedy Airport to Newcastle, U.K., because higher fuel prices, in particular, made the new route less attractive. American announced the route in June and was scheduled to begin flying it with Boeing 757s in May 2006. It would have been the first nonstop from New York to Newcastle, which is a major center for the U.K.'s Northeast region. Passengers that have already booked this flight will be refunded.
Boeing last week selected PPG Industries to provide the electrochromic windows for the 787, which Boeing says will be the first dimmable windows in a commercial passenger aircraft. The windows will not require plastic shades, because passengers will be able to control the opacity of the windows from their seats. Boeing has also highlighted the size of the 787 windows, which it claims will the largest in the industry.
