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.
ANA yesterday boosted its Boeing 777 orders by another three aircraft, and at the same time announced the sale of three 747-400s to Hong Kong carrier Oasis. The latest deal brings ANA's total orders for the 777-300ER to 17. The carrier already flies eight -300ERs on international long-haul routes. ANA also has 23 747-400s in its domestic and international fleets. As well as the Oasis sale, the airline last July sold six of its -400s to Iceland's Avion Aircraft Trading.
Air Canada believes its new fare structure is part of the reason for the increases in load factor and traffic that the airline saw in February. Consolidated traffic was up 5.6% on a capacity gain of 3.7%, with load factor rising 1.4 percentage points to 79.6%. Mainline traffic increased 4.5%, as capacity grew 2.8% and load factor rose 1.3 points to 80%. Regional traffic was up 18.5% on a 13.4% capacity gain, and load factor rose 3.3 points to 75.7%.
JAL and Korean yesterday announced they are extending their code-share operations to cover flights from Tokyo and Osaka to Korea's Jeju Island. Korea currently operates daily nonstop flights on the Jeju routes. JAL will put its code on the Jeju flights from March 25, if government approval is granted. Jeju will be the third destination in South Korea offered by JAL. The island is a popular beach destination for Japanese tourists.
