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.
Florida West, Capital Cargo, Centurion Air Cargo and Kitty Hawk will see increased action in their all-cargo U.S-Mexico operations, thanks new exemptions made possible through amendments to the existing bilateral between the countries (DAILY, Sept. 22). The carriers were each seeking the designation that became available after Atlas Air gave up its U.S.-Mexico authority in June (DAILY, June 10). But the formal signing of the amended bilateral earlier this week gave the U.S. Dept. of Transportation more flexibility to award routes to all the carriers.
Airlines using London Heathrow are facing fuel rationing and are having to tanker in extra fuel because of supply disruptions after the huge oil depot fire north of London this week. About one-third of the Heathrow fuel supplies are drawn from the Buncefield depot, which was destroyed by explosions early Sunday and fires that raged until Wednesday. No other London airports were affected by the supply disruption. There have been no flight cancellations or "significant delays" caused by the fuel problems, a spokesman for airport operator BAA told The DAILY.
The U.S. Transportation Dept. yesterday asked for industry comment on four alternatives for revising its airline ticket advertising rules, and two of the alternatives would grant airlines' wish to list a fuel surcharge as a separate fee.
