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.
With only a few weeks left in 2007, it is almost certain that the aircraft hull-loss accident rate will be significantly higher than in 2006, IATA says. The number of hull losses per million sectors flown stood at 0.83 – and 0.62 for IATA members – through the third quarter, compared with 0.65 and 0.48, respectively, in 2006. This translates into a total of 18 hull losses so far this year. These numbers apply only to Western-built jets.
A new U.S. consulting firm has been established specifically to help aviation companies sharpen their environmental initiatives, and one of its first objectives is to organize the largest aviation environmental conference in the U.S.
IATA yesterday cut its 2008 industry profit outlook for the second time in three months mainly because of wider economic uncertainty, and the airline association now believes profits will drop slightly year over year to $5 billion.
