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.
Although British Airways cabin crew are expected to strike on Tuesday and Wednesday, the ripple effect will cause transatlantic cancellations throughout most of this week, the airline says. Most flights scheduled to arrive at London Heathrow from North America on Thursday will be canceled, although flights to North America will operate as planned. There will also be "a few selected" cancellations of North America-Heathrow flights on Friday due to crew or aircraft being out of position.
The air travel price index, compiled by the U.S. Transportation Dept., increased 7.5% in the third quarter of 2006, reaching the highest level for this quarter since the index was introduced 11 years ago.
British Airways plans to cancel almost half of its flights -- including all Heathrow departures -- on Tuesday and Wednesday after negotiations failed to remove a strike threat by its cabin crews. BA will cancel 1,300 flights of more than 2,500 operated by BA mainline, BA Connect and franchise partner carriers. If just mainline flights are counted, the ratio of canceled flights would be far higher because the strike will not affect BA Connect and franchise flights.
