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.
Japan’s two major airlines report that traffic totals for the traditional “golden week” holiday period were down compared with last year, due partly to the fragmented nature of the holiday period.
The CEOs of Delta and Northwest yesterday repeatedly assured lawmakers their proposed merger won’t reduce frontline employees or air services, although they stressed that such changes could well be forced by rising oil prices.
Changes in U.K. holiday patterns and the Terminal 5 debacle contributed to a significant fall in British Airways’ traffic and load factor for April, the airline said this week. Traffic dropped by 7% versus a capacity decrease of 0.4 points. This resulted in a load factor drop of 5.1 points to 71.6%. The traffic fall comprised a 3.4% increase in the premium category, with non-premium declining 8.8%.
