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.
Jennifer Michels, Lori Ranson and Adrian Schofield (Washington)
U.S. airlines are preparing to make some major changes to their operating structures over the next two quarters to stay afloat of possible economic downturns and further oil price spikes. Although they reported much-improved third-quarter earnings last week—some even released record quarterly profits—many will pursue an untraditional strategy of selling off or leveraging non-core assets going forward.
U.S. airlines are already worried about government efforts to cap flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport, but on the horizon is something that scares them even more—a proposal to make them pay extra fees for flying when demand is highest.
Because it waited too long to begin its hiring initiative, FAA is actually hiring too many controllers at once to try to address a soaring attrition rate, according to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
