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.
Hungarian carrier Malev yesterday formally accepted an invitation to join the oneworld alliance, following the completion of a thorough review of the airline by oneworld. Oneworld and Malev signed a memorandum of understanding earlier this year (DAILY, May 25) that paved the way for the airline's membership. Since then, Malev "has satisfied audits by the alliance of its quality and safety standards and a review to ensure it can deliver oneworld's full range of customer benefits," oneworld said.
Airbus confirmed this week that an undisclosed customer for its A350 program is TAP Portugal, which will buy 10 A350s and seven A330-200s. TAP's A350 deliveries will begin in 2013, and the A330-200s will be delivered from 2007. Both aircraft types will have a two-class configuration. Airbus said the TAP order brings the A350 sales total to 143 aircraft from 10 customers. An Airbus spokeswoman confirmed that Airbus is still targeting at least 200 A350 orders by yearend.
An government/industry safety coalition says it has nearly reached its target of reducing the potential for U.S. fatal accidents by 73% within 10 years.
