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.
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce faces another grilling from Australian lawmakers this week, as politicians and unions spar over whether to repeal the law that restricts foreign ownership of the carrier.
Hawaiian Airlines’ recent route cuts don’t signal any wider problems with its international network or the carrier’s overseas growth strategy, says CEO Mark Dunkerley. Expanding to new international destinations has been one of the cornerstones of the carrier’s strategy, and it has added a slew of new routes since 2010. However, in the past few weeks it has announced the suspension of flights from Honolulu to Taipei and to the Japanese city of Fukuoka.
After several years of talking about the overhaul of Europe's air traffic management technology, the time for action finally may be arriving. European regulators and their industry partners have been working to develop detailed blueprints for a next-generation ATM system that would be standard across Europe, and in some cases provided collectively. Now they are launching two initiatives that represent the transition to implementation.
