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.
British Airways is proving that not even the prospect of a tightening transatlantic aviation market will deter it from rolling out innovative strategies for new services. Hard on the heels of launching a subsidiary carrier to operate between Continental Europe and New York, BA is again raising eyebrows with plans to fly Airbus A318s across the Atlantic carrying just 32 business-class passengers.
The oneworld alliance yesterday confirmed its members will consolidate their London Heathrow operations to two terminals — three and five — by early 2009, and most minimum connection times between alliance airlines will drop from 90 minutes to 60.
A winter storm in the Midwest on Feb. 6 caused so many cancellations that systemwide operations were down more than 13%, FAA says. Chicago O’Hare was particularly hard hit, with operations down by 57%, compared with average Wednesdays last year. The airport was down to one runway for much of the day.
