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 yesterday selected Delta's TechOps division to provide parts and maintenance support for the KC-767 Advanced Tanker, which could mean a lot of extra third-party MRO work for Delta if Boeing wins a major Air Force tanker competition.
Continental's employee credit union yesterday received a boost in its efforts to fight off a takeover by the former Northwest credit union, with a regulator ruling that credit union members cannot be offered a cash incentive to switch.
Nav Canada last week cut its service charges by another 3%, effective Sept. 1, citing cost controls and traffic growth as the major reasons. The company says its overall service charges will have grown just 7% since 1999, including the latest reduction. Last year, Nav Canada dropped its charges by 1.8%. "Our goal is to keep the growth in costs below the rate of growth in traffic, and therefore place ourselves in a position to continue to reduce service charges over the long term," said Nav Canada CEO John Crichton.
