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.
Mesa's traffic grew 22.6% on 25% more capacity last month, but the carrier's load factor declined 1.4 percentage points to 70.7%, compared with last May's figures. The group carried 1.2 million passengers last month, up 27% from May 2004, while on-time arrivals stood at 82.7%. For the year-to-date, Mesa's traffic rose 28% and load factor increased 2.3 points to 70.7%, while capacity grew 24%. -AS
Air Canada yesterday reached a tentative agreement with its pilots' union that will let the airline's Boeing 777 order proceed. The agreement with the Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) is still subject to ratification by union members. Boeing has granted a deadline extension in the aircraft order agreement to allow pilots to vote on the deal by June 19.
Embraer has completed 5,000 flight cycles in the fatigue test for its 190 model, the minimum number of cycles required for commercial operation of the new aircraft. Completion of the 5,000 flight cycles is an important milestone in the certification effort, which is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter, Embraer said. Certification will allow deliveries to begin to launch customer JetBlue, which has firm orders for 100 of the aircraft.
