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.
Boeing says its 2008 revenue will be down by about $3.5 billion next year, mainly due to delays on its 787 program, but the company believes this will not affect profits because of gains in other areas. Original revenue guidance for 2008 was $71 billion-$72 billion, and this was yesterday cut to $67.5 billion-$68.5 billion. But productivity gains "are expected to offset R&D pressure and the 787 delivery shift," so profit forecasts are unchanged, Boeing says.
Senior U.S. government officials yesterday launched the airline negotiations that will eventually cut flights at New York Kennedy, while the main airline lobby group vehemently rejected allegations that scheduling practices are the cause of congestion problems.
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.
