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.
Continental last week predicted that mainline load factor will be flat or up slightly in the third quarter, with domestic bookings through mid-October ahead of last year's levels but international bookings down a little.
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey last week appointed former U.S. Commerce Dept. official Joseph Bogosian to head the agency's Office of International Aviation. Bogosian will assume his new job as assistant administrator-international aviation on Oct. 3, reporting directly to Blakey. He will be the second person to hold this title, which was created in February 2003 as one of Blakey's moves to increase FAA's focus on international affairs. Bogosian's predecessor, Doug Lavin, left the agency earlier this year to join IATA.
American saw its August load factor grow 3.1 percentage points to 81.5%, along with a modest traffic increase and a slight capacity cut for the month. System traffic rose 3.8% on a 0.1% capacity decline. Domestic traffic was up 1.8%, compared with a 1.9% capacity reduction, and international traffic rose 7.9% on a 3.4% capacity increase. For the year to the end of August, system traffic climbed 6.8% and capacity rose 1.4%. Year-to-date traffic grew 3.8% on a 2.2% capacity cut. -AS
