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 ANA reported a record US$917.4 million net profit for the six months through Sept. 30, although the total was inflated considerably by the sale of the group's hotel assets in June. Despite the 217% rise in net profit, operating profit dropped 2.5% to US$582.6 million, which the carrier attributed to high oil prices and the loss of hotel income. Revenue climbed 1.4% to US$6.6 billion, which was its largest ever for the six-month period. The hotel business contributed US$260.8 million in revenue for the same period last year.
FAA's new Chief Operating Officer Henry Krakowski says talks with airlines regarding schedule reductions at New York Kennedy Airport have been "constructive" so far, and he believes these discussions will likely continue for a few more weeks.
Four of FAA's most prominent contractor companies have formed an alliance to increase the interoperability of the ATC systems they are building for the agency. The four companies -- Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Harris Corp. and Computer Sciences Corp. -- say their collaborative agreement aligns with an FAA initiative known as systemwide information management (SWIM). The goal of SWIM is to give relevant systems and stakeholders access to the operational data they need, and to make sure they are all working from the same real-time picture.
