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.
Continental and China Southern are asking the U.S. Transportation Dept. for permission to begin code sharing on U.S.-China flights, which would give both carriers extensive domestic networks from gateway airports.
El Al is making a major push in the U.S. market as it strives to recover from what executives describe as a "perfect storm" of financial blows that struck the airline last year. Airline President Haim Romano told The DAILY that the airline is about to launch a new marketing campaign in the U.S., and El Al is also introducing two new 777-200ERs to the New York-Tel Aviv market next month. The U.S. market -- particularly the New York route -- is crucial to El Al, accounting for as much as a third of its capacity.
Brazilian authorities last week granted TAM approval to operate flights to Frankfurt and Madrid, and the airline plans to launch the new routes by yearend. TAM will fly three weekly flights to Frankfurt, and daily service to Madrid. TAM signed a memorandum of understanding with Lufthansa in May, to begin a code-share arrangement at Frankfurt and Sao Paulo.
