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.
Airline industry groups have gathered a diverse array of support for their fight against FAA's proposal to reduce hourly operations at New York Kennedy Airport. The newly formed coalition includes local groups, such as the port authority, the Partnership for NYC, Business Council for New York State, Association of Minority Enterprises of New York, League of American Theaters and Producers, Hotel Association of New York, and the New York State Restaurant Association.
Alaska Air Group managed to improve to a net profit of $85.8 million in the third quarter, but the carrier expects to see a loss for the fourth quarter. The third-quarter result was a big improvement from last year, when Alaska posted a net loss of $17.4 million. The gain was much smaller, excluding some hefty one-time costs last year, however. Without special items, the profit was $82.8 million this year and $77.9 million in 2006.
FAA says the 75 largest U.S. airports responded well to its call to accelerate the introduction of improved taxiway markings to help reduce runway incursions, and in another effort to attack the same problem, FAA is speeding up deployment of new airport surveillance technology.
