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.
Japan Airlines yesterday ordered six 767-300ERs -- including three freighters -- which Boeing said supports its belief that there is enough demand to delay a decision on the future of the 767 program.
Atlas this week reported that its May block hours were up 9%, compared with last year, with wet-leased operations showing the biggest increase. Block hours for wet-leased aircraft increased 42.2%, military charter flying was up 27% and commercial charter grew 40%. In Atlas' scheduled service, revenue ton miles dropped 33.9% on a 36.6% capacity cut. Scheduled service load factor was up 2.7 percentage points to 66.7% in May.
Broward County, Fla., officials say they are willing to go to court to stop FAA from increasing the use of Fort Lauderdale's crosswind runway to reduce delays. At a meeting Tuesday, county commissioners unanimously approved legal action to prevent more frequent use of the crosswind runway. The county said FAA should conduct an environmental review if it wants to increase landings on the disputed runway. Residents oppose raising operations on the runway because of noise concerns.
