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.
The thousands of storm-related flight cancellations caused a significant drop in systemwide aircraft operations over the weekend, FAA reports. Friday -- usually one of the busiest days of the week -- saw operations down 10% nationwide, compared with last year. Traffic was down by more than 50% at many Northeast airports, with Philadelphia down almost 70% and Boston 56%. The large number of cancellations kept delays down to 664 on Friday and 380 on Saturday, although delays climbed to 1,148 on Sunday as traffic volume returned. -AS
JAL says a planned one-day strike by some of its unions will not have any effect on operations today. Unions representing many cockpit crew and other staff have threatened to strike, although the airline says all of its international and domestic flights will operate as normal even if the strike goes ahead. This is because the 1,828-member JAL Cabin Crew Union yesterday decided not to join the strike.
The U.S. Air Transport Association yesterday joined its Canadian counterpart in calling for the Canadian government to take more action to curb airport rents, claiming that the "continued failure" to do so is dampening cross-border air traffic.
