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.
A line of storms that moved through the Northeast Sunday was the main culprit for 1,381 delays that day. The New York and Cleveland en route centers saw many delays, and Newark was particularly hard-hit with 288 delays due to high winds. Low ceilings also caused delays at Atlanta and San Francisco. A runway lighting problem led to a runway closure at LaGuardia, and construction caused delays at Las Vegas. Saturday was much lighter with 674 delays, and there were 757 on Friday. -AS
The commercial aircraft manufacturing industry's profits were up 36% in the first half of this year due mainly to sales volume increases and "draconian multiyear cost-cutting efforts," a new Standard & Poor's study says. U.S. manufacturers posted profits before interest and taxes of $2.6 billion in the first half of the year. As well as being up considerably from last year, the results also spelled a 174% increase from 2003. In the same period, however, airline profits "remained almost non-existent," S&P said.
