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.
TAT Technologies last week bought North Carolina-based repair station Piedmont Aviation Component Services for $16 million. Israeli-based TAT paid $5.3 million for Piedmont and also repaid $11 million of outstanding debt, through its U.S. subsidiary Limco Airepair. Piedmont does overhaul, repair, maintenance, service and supply of propellers, landing gear, auxiliary power units and line replaceable units for regional aircraft. TAT funded the acquisition through equity and bank loans.
American achieved a 3.8-point load factor growth in June, with a slight reduction in domestic capacity. Systemwide load factor was 82.8%, with traffic up 7.8% and capacity increasing 2.8%. Domestic traffic rose 5.1% on a 0.4% capacity cut, resulting in a domestic load factor growth of 4.4 points to 84.2%. International traffic grew 13.6% and capacity rose 9.6%. Cargo ton miles dropped 1.3%. American Eagle saw traffic rise 28.7%, and capacity grow 23.7%. Load factor was up 2.9 points to 75.3%. -AS
European airline stocks dropped dramatically yesterday following the terrorist attacks in London, but airline operations were almost normal in and out of the city.
