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.
While International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) is interested in Boeing’s 787-10, the lessor is signaling that no order is imminent. ILFC is “obviously following every development” with the -10 version, says CEO Henri Courpron at the Paris air show. But he notes that ILFC is already the largest customer for the 787, “and I don’t think it’s a priority for us to take more 787s.”
Aerolineas Argentinas will lease four Airbus A330-200s from International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC), with the aircraft to be operated on new and existing routes in the Americas. The airline will use the aircraft to increase frequencies on routes to destinations like Cancun, Caracas and Bogota, said Sergio Garcia Gomez, vice president for fleet planning and financial restructuring. New markets will also be explored for the A330s, Gomez told Aviation Week at the Paris air show.
Air New Zealand has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 fitted with wing-tip devices known as Sharklets, as it moves forward with its plan to renew its domestic narrowbody fleet. The carrier has nine more Sharklet-equipped A320s on order, which are scheduled to be delivered through September 2015. They will replace Air New Zealand’s Boeing 737-300 fleet, which is currently used on domestic routes.
