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.
More work needs to be done to improve the interaction between air traffic control conflict alert tools and cockpit warning systems, according to a new report from Eurocontrol and the Swiss government's transportation department.
Emirates still wants to introduce daily service to Toronto but will have to wait for movement in aviation liberalization talks before it can expand beyond the three weekly flights scheduled to begin later this year, an Emirates executive tells The DAILY.
Northwest saw its consolidated load factor drop 1.6 percentage points to 84.3% in May, despite both mainline and system traffic remaining essentially unchanged. The carrier's systemwide capacity rose 1.9% in May, with mainline capacity up 2.7%. Mainline load factor increased 1.7 points to 84.8%, slightly ahead of the system load factor gain. Mainline domestic traffic was up 1.1%, while international traffic was flat. International capacity growth of 4.5% outpaced domestic growth of 1.4%. Regional traffic declined 8.1% ona 7.1% capacity cut.
