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.
Southwest is expanding its code share with ATA to include Hawaii flights connecting in Las Vegas. The new code share begins Aug. 4. The ATA Hawaii flight will connect in Las Vegas with Southwest flights from Albany, Amarillo, Hartford, Kansas City, West Palm Beach, Phoenix, Reno, San Antonio, Seattle, Tulsa and Tucson.
FAA says it needs to make greater use of a secondary runway at Fort Lauderdale to help ease chronic delays at the airport, and the agency stresses that it can do this without violating the existing runway use agreement. FAA will meet with airport officials and Broward County commissioners soon to discuss options to reduce delays. Use of the shorter, secondary runway and a cross-wind runway is controversial because of local noise complaints. But Fort Lauderdale also became a delay headache for FAA during the spring when it topped national delay lists.
Air Mauritius yesterday revealed that it has signed a firm purchase deal with Airbus for three A340-300Es, with another two options. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2006, and the aircraft will be configured for 36 premium-class seats and 264 in economy class. They will be powered by CFM56-5C4/P engines. Air Mauritius already operates five A340-300s and two A319s for its long- and medium-haul routes.
