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.
Changes have been made to methodology and categories, and prior year results have been restated to reflect this. Scores represent the composite of six performance categories. The categories and their contributions to total score are: Liquidity (15%), scored from metrics measuring cash and equivalents; implicit borrowing capacity computed from a percentage estimate of unencumbered asset collateral to debt; and unrestricted cash reserves per available seat-mile.
